Haidar Malik Chadurah (died 1627) was an administrator, and soldier in Kashmir in the service of Salim Nuruddin Jahangir, the fourth

Mughal Emperor The Mughal emperors ( fa, , Pādishāhān) were the supreme heads of state of the Mughal Empire on the Indian subcontinent, mainly corresponding to the modern countries of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The Mughal rulers styled t ...

from 1605 until his death in 1627. Haidar Malik wrote the best known Persian-language history of Kashmir (completed 1621) one of several books entitled ''

Tarikh-i-Kashmir The ''Tarikh-i-Kashmir'' (History of Kashmir) refers to several history books of Kashmir's Sultanate period, some of them lost and partially used as sources for the others. Lost sources Earlier lost sources include; * History of Mullah Ahmad Kash ...

'', identified as ''Tarikh-i-Haidar Malik''. Malik Muhammad Chadurah was born in Chadurah, a village ten miles south of Srinagar, as the son of Hasan Malik. His history was translated into English as Haidar Malik Chadurah ''History of Kashmir'', Raja Bano, Bhavna Prakashan, 1991. Family The decedents of Haider Malik are currently residing in the downtown Zaidibal. As per the records the heads of 3 families of Haider Malik are: # Malik Muhammad Ali- who is survived by a son and a daughter. The son is a retired doctor Malik Nazir and is living in Qamari wari area. # Malik Ali Muhammad- survived by 2 sons and 2 daughters. Both the sons are retired, the elder one Malik Hafiz retired as chief Hoticulture office. # Malik Ghulam Hussain- survived by 3 sons and 3 daughters. The elder son Malik Mushtaq is Retired Sericulture Assistant and another son Malik Altaf is a prominent businessman in the valley.

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{{Authority control History of Kashmir People from Srinagar 17th-century Indian people 1627 deaths Year of birth missing 17th-century Indian non-fiction writers 17th-century Indian writers 17th-century Indian historians 17th-century Persian-language writers Historians of India