✓In A.D.1540 after the accession of Sher Shah Sur, his able general, Khawas Khan, was sent to Nagarkot to bring the hill country under subjection.
✓After the conquest, the hill tracts seem to have been placed in charge of one Hamid Khan Kakar, who lived in the fort of Malot and held such control of the Nagarkot, Jwala, Didhwal and Jammu hills, in fact the whole hill country that no man dared to breathe in opposition to him, and he collected the revenue by measurements of land from the hill people.
✓Sikandar Shah Sur, a nephew of Sher Shah, was the ruler of Panjab when he was defeated by the Mughals at sirhind.
✓After the defeat he retreated into the Savalks (Shivaliks) around Dhameri(Nurpur) and Kangra.
✓In A.D.1557 he left his retreat in the hills and invaded the Panjab.
✓Akbar then advanced against him and he sought refuge in the strong fortress of Maukot, (built by Salim Shah Sur) on the Mau hills, nearly half way between Pathankot and Nurpur which was besieged by Mughals for eight months.
✓When grain had become scarce and the garrison was hard pressed, Sikandar Shah requested that a noble might be sent to arrange terms of surrender.
✓On his entry into the fort, Sikandar addressed him in submissive terms, confessing his presumption, and that he knew he had no chance of resistance.
✓He begged to be allowed to retire to Bengal, and promised to remain faithful in his allegiance and leave his son as a hostage.
✓These terms were accepted by Akbar in July, 1557.
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