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Maulana Fazal-din Date of birth unknown (Estimated 1880) Date of death 27th December 1948. Early life - Maulana Fazal-din spent his early years in the care of his sisters, who looked after him when his father Mian Kalah Khan was murdered. According to some sources Maulna sahib was brought up and educated in Jehlum. It was in this city that he married his frst wife. It is not know that he had any children, when his wife passed away, he emigrated to Plal around 1910. He sold much of his property in Jehlum, including an old mansion once owned by Sikhs. There was also a school in Old Mirpur which he had sold. During his time in Plal, the rajahs of the area asked him to stay there and continue preaching Islam, The first taraweeh prayer was established by Maulana Fazal din. A marriage proposal was offered to him for the hand of Noor Bi, daughter of Mian Fazal-din & Bassah. They had 8 children. '''Muhammed Rehmatullah, Begum Jan, Abdul Rahman, Abdul Malik, Ghulam Sakina, Abdul Ghani, Abdul Majeed, Abdul Hameed,'''

Due to limited information, it is difficult to depic the exact timing and origins of Maulana Fazal-din. Maulan Fazal-din was an expert orator, legislator, writer - fluent in Urdu, Arabic and Persian. Most of all his deep understanding of Islam was something that was of a bright passion within him. Many of his works can still be found at the original house in Plal. Some of which are a Persian poem written in memory of Allama Iqbal a handwritten Kalimah e Shahadat handwritten Quran sharif a date of birth certificate, which shows the date of births of all his children. It is said that when his eldest son Muhammed Rehmatullah joined the Naval force. This very document was taken to the recruitment officer & he was so impressed with the articulate handwriting that he accepted Muhammed Rehmatullahs application immediatley. One commendable feat of Maulan Fazal Din was that he was a close freind of Maharajah Hari Singh. During his time he wrote many poems and letters for Hari Singh. According to a source from Plal, there was a comepetition set for the best literacy piece. In 1923. Maharajah Hari Singh asked writers and scholars to write the word "Jammu wa Kashmir" out of many writers Maulana Fazal din, won the competition. Maharahjah Hari Singh ordered for the written piece to be encapsulated in a gold frame. This was then placed in the main court room. Maharajah Hari Singh then asked Maualana Sahib what he would like as a token of victory. Maualan sahib said he desired nothing of this worldy affair. However Maharajah Hari Singh said that he could have 125 canal - 1 Acre of land where he wished