KAURA MALL, DIWAN, MAHARAJA BAHADUR ASahajdhari Sikh and trusted officer under the Mughals in the 18th century Punjaub, was the son of Valid Ram, an Arora of the Chuggh clan, from a village near Shorkot in Jhang district, in Pakistan. Mufti “All udDin, `Ibrat Ndmah, refers to him as “Kaura Mall Arora Qanungo Multani.” Like his father and grandfather, was at first a revenue official, qanungo, in the Multan province. Later, he came to Lahore and rose to be a senior military general and courtier.