Muhammad Saleh Kamboh

Muhammad Saleh Kamboh
Portrait of Muhammad Saleh Kamboh, 17th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Born
Diedc. 1675
Lahore, Mughal Empire (now in Pakistan)
EducationFluent in Arabic, Persian, Urdu
OccupationCourt chronicler
RelativesInayat Allah Kamboh (brother)

Muhammad Saleh Kamboh Lahori was a noted Punjabi Muslim[1] calligraphist and official biographer of Emperor Shah Jahan and the teacher of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. Though a widely read person,[2] little is known of the life of Muhammad Saleh Kamboh other than the works he composed. He was son of Mir Abdu-lla, Mushkin Kalam, whose title shows him to also have been a fine writer.[3] He is believed to be younger brother of Inayat-Allah Kamboh[4] and worked as a Shahi Dewan (Minister) with the governor of Lahore. He held the title of Sipahsalar.

  1. ^ Dhavan, Purnima (2019), "5. Marking Boundaries and Building Bridges: Persian Scholarly Networks in Mughal Punjab", The Persianate World, University of California Press, p. 160, doi:10.1515/9780520972100-009, ISBN 978-0-520-97210-0
  2. ^ Hamdard Islamicus, 1978, p 75, Hamdard National Foundation, Pakistan – Islam.
  3. ^ The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians, 1877, p 123, Henry Miers Elliot, John Dowson; Shah Jahan, 1975, p 131, Henry Miers Elliot – Mogul Empire; A Descriptive Catalogue of the Historical Manuscripts in the Arabic and Persian Languages, 2008, p. 124, William Hook Morley – History.
  4. ^ Shah Jahan, 1975, p 131, Henry Miers Elliot – Mogul Empire.