Editing Ranjit Singh (section)

==Personal life==
===Wives===
{{anchor|Marriages}}

In 1789, Ranjit Singh married his first wife [[Mehtab Kaur]],<ref name="Atwal">{{Cite book |last=Atwal|first=Priya|date=2020|title=Royals and Rebels|publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/oso/9780197548318.001.0001|isbn=978-0-19-754831-8}}</ref> the muklawa happened in 1796.<ref name="Lafont2002p33" /> She was the only daughter of [[Gurbaksh Singh Kanhaiya]] and his wife [[Sada Kaur]]. She was the granddaughter of [[Jai Singh Kanhaiya]], the founder of the [[Kanhaiya Misl]].<ref name=eos-rs/> This marriage was pre-arranged in an attempt to reconcile warring Sikh ''misls'', Mehtab Kaur was betrothed to Ranjit Singh in 1786. The marriage, however, failed, with Mehtab Kaur never forgiving the fact that her father had been killed in battle with Ranjit Singh's father, and she mainly resided with her mother after marriage. The separation became complete when Ranjit Singh married [[Datar Kaur]] of the [[Nakai Misl]] in 1797 and she turned into Ranjit's most beloved wife.<ref name=eos-mk>{{cite encyclopedia |first=Sardar Singh |last=Bhatia |editor1-last=Singh |editor1-first=Harbans |editor1-link=Harbans Singh |title=Mahitab Kaur (d, 1813) |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia Of Sikhism | volume=III M–R |edition=3rd|page=19 |publisher=Punjabi University Patiala |url=https://archive.org/details/TheEncyclopediaOfSikhism-VolumeIiiM-r/page/19/mode/1up |date=2011 |isbn=978-8-1-7380-349-9 |language=English}}</ref> Mehtab Kaur had three sons, [[Ishar Singh (Sikh prince)|Ishar Singh]] who was born in 1804 and died in infancy. In 1807 she had [[Sher Singh]] and [[Tara Singh (Sikh prince)|Tara Singh]]. According to historian Jean-Marie Lafont, she was the only one to bear the title of [[Maharani]]. She died in 1813, after suffering from failing health.<ref name="Singh2008p300">{{cite book|author=Khushwant Singh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D068dKeyGW4C|title=Ranjit Singh|publisher=Penguin Books|year=2008|isbn=978-0-14-306543-2|pages=300–301 footnote 35}}</ref>

His second marriage was to, [[Datar Kaur]] (Born ''Raj Kaur'') the youngest child and only daughter of [[Ran Singh Nakai]], the third ruler of the [[Nakai Misl]] and his wife [[Karmo Kaur|Karman Kaur]]. They were betrothed in childhood by Datar Kaur's eldest brother, ''Sardar Bhagwan Singh,'' who briefly became the chief of the Nakai Misl, and Ranjit Singh's father Maha Singh. They were married in 1797;<ref>{{Cite book|last=Atwal|first=Priya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aiA3ygEACAAJ|title=Royals and Rebels: The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Empire|date=2020|publisher=C. Hurst (Publishers) Limited|isbn=978-1-78738-308-1|language=en}}</ref> this marriage was a happy one and Ranjit Singh always treated Raj Kaur with love and respect.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Vaḥīduddīn, Faqīr Sayyid|title=The real Ranjit Singh|date=2001|publisher=Publication Bureau, Punjabi University|isbn=81-7380-778-7|oclc=52691326}}</ref> Since Raj Kaur was also the name of Ranjit Singh's mother, his wife was renamed Datar Kaur. In 1801, she gave birth to their son and heir apparent, [[Kharak Singh]].<ref name="Singh2008p7" /> Datar Kaur bore Ranjit Singh two other sons, [[Prince Rattan Singh|Rattan Singh]] and Fateh Singh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc0L06O1eac|title=Mahanian Koharan Tehsil .Amritsar District .AmritsarState .Punjab|date=17 December 2020 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Yudhvir Rana|date=1 May 2015|title=Descendants of Maharaja Ranjit Singh stakes claim on Gobindgarh Fort |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/descendants-of-maharaja-ranjit-singh-stakes-claim-on-gobindgarh-fort/articleshow/47123514.cms|access-date=22 September 2021|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Yudhvir Rana|date=18 August 2021|title=Seventh generation descendent of Maharaja Ranjit Singh writes to Imran |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/seventh-generation-descendent-of-maharaja-ranjit-singh-writes-to-imran/articleshow/85432426.cms|access-date=22 September 2021|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Like his first marriage, the second marriage also brought him a strategic military alliance.<ref name="Singh2008p7" /> Along with wisdom and all the chaste virtues of a noblewoman, Datar Kaur was exceptionally intelligent and assisted Ranjit Singh in affairs of the State.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2021|title=Tuberculosis: Poor Awareness Leads to Poor Control|journal=Journal of Sheikh Zayed Medical College|volume=11|issue=3|pages=1–2|doi=10.47883/jszmc.v11i03.158|doi-broken-date=28 January 2025 |s2cid=236800828|issn=2305-5235|doi-access=free}}</ref> During the [[Siege of Multan (1818)|expedition to Multan in 1818]], she was given command alongside her son, [[Kharak Singh]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U2FRAAAAYAAJ&q=datar+kaur|title=Journal of Sikh Studies|date=2001|publisher=Department of Guru Nanak Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University.|language=en}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite book|last=Atwal|first=Priya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LPcTEAAAQBAJ&q=royals+and+rebels|title=Royals and Rebels: The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Empire|date=2021|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-756694-7|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Postscript: Maharaja Duleep Singh">{{Citation|section=Postscript: Maharaja Duleep Singh|date=2017|title=Emperor of the Five Rivers|publisher=I.B. Tauris|doi=10.5040/9781350986220.0008|isbn=978-1-78673-095-4}}</ref> Throughout his life she remained Ranjit Singh's favorite<ref>{{Cite book|last=Tibbetts|first=Jann|title=50 Great Military Leaders of All Time|publisher=VIJ Books (India) PVT Limited|year=2016|isbn= 978-9386834195}}</ref> and for no other did he have greater respect for than Datar Kaur, who he affectionately called ''Mai Nakain.''<ref name=eos-rk>{{cite encyclopedia |first=Sardar Singh |last=Bhatia |editor1-last=Singh |editor1-first=Harbans |editor1-link=Harbans Singh |title=Raj Kaur (d. 1838)  |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia Of Sikhism | volume=III M–R |edition=3rd |page=443 |publisher=Punjabi University Patiala |url=https://archive.org/details/TheEncyclopediaOfSikhism-VolumeIiiM-r/page/443/mode/1up |date=2011 |isbn=978-8-1-7380-349-9 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Khushwant Singh|url=http://archive.org/details/ranjitsinghmahar0000khus_h0y2|title=Ranjit Singh Maharajah Of The Punjab 1780–1839|date=1962|publisher=George Allen & Unwin Ltd|others=Servants of Knowledge}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Fakir|first1=Syed Waheeduddin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DEnRAAAAMAAJ&q=the+real+ranjit+singh|title=The Real Ranjit Singh|last2=Vaḥīduddīn|first2=Faqīr Sayyid|date=1965|publisher=Lion Art Press|language=en}}</ref>

Even though she was his second wife she became his principal wife and chief consort.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sood|first=D. R.|title=Ranjit Singh.|date=1981|publisher=National Book Trust|oclc=499465766}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|first=Patwant|last=Singh|title=Empire of the Sikhs: the life and times of Maharaja Ranjit Singh|date=2013|publisher=Peter Owen Publishers|isbn=978-0-7206-1524-1|oclc=841311234}}</ref> During a hunting trip with Ranjit Singh, she fell ill and died on 20 June 1838.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Khurana|first=Gianeshwar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YMUtAAAAMAAJ&q=umdat-ut-tawarikh+mai+nakain|title=British Historiography on the Sikh Power in Punjab|date=1985|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=978-0-8364-1504-9|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|first=Lala Sohan |last=Lal Suri|title=Umdat-ut-tawarikh ['Umdat at-tawārīh, engl.] An outstanding original source of Panjab history by Lala Sohan Lal Suri.|date=1961|oclc=163394684}}</ref>[[File:Maharaja Ranjit Singh with wives Wellcome V0045197.jpg|thumb|Maharaja Ranjit Singh with some of his wives.
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Ratan Kaur and Daya Kaur were wives of Sahib Singh Bhangi of [[Gujrat, Pakistan|Gujrat]] (a ''misl'' north of Lahore, not to be confused with the state of Gujarat).<ref name="Smith1920p690">{{cite book|author=Vincent Arthur Smith|title=The Oxford History of India: From the Earliest Times to the End of 1911|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=p2gxAQAAMAAJ |year=1920|publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=690–693 }}</ref> After Sahib Singh's death, Ranjit Singh took them under his protection in 1811 by marrying them via the rite of ''chādar andāzī'', in which a cloth sheet was unfurled over each of their heads. The same with Roop Kaur, Gulab Kaur, Saman Kaur, and Lakshmi Kaur who looked after Duleep Singh when his mother Jind Kaur was exiled. Ratan Kaur had a son [[Multana Singh]] in 1819, and Daya Kaur had two sons [[Kashmira Singh]] and [[Pashaura Singh]] in 1821.<ref name=eos-dkr>{{cite encyclopedia |first=Sardar Singh |last=Bhatia |editor1-last=Singh |editor1-first=Harbans |editor1-link=Harbans Singh |title=Daya Kaur, Rani (died 1843)  |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia Of Sikhism | volume=I A–D |edition=3rd |page=539 |publisher=Punjabi University Patiala |url=https://archive.org/details/TheEncyclopediaOfSikhism-VolumeIA-d/page/539/mode/1up |date=2011 |isbn=978-8-1-7380-100-6|language=English}}</ref><ref name=eos-rkr>{{cite encyclopedia |first=Sardar Singh |last=Bhatia |editor1-last=Singh |editor1-first=Harbans |editor1-link=Harbans Singh |title=Ratan Kaur, Rani  |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia Of Sikhism | volume=III M-R |edition=3rd|page=491 |publisher=Punjabi University Patiala |url=https://archive.org/details/TheEncyclopediaOfSikhism-VolumeIiiM-r/page/491/mode/1up |date=2011 |isbn=978-8-1-7380-349-9 |language=English}}</ref>

[[Jind Kaur]], the final spouse of Ranjit Singh. Her father, Manna Singh Aulakh, extolled her virtues to Ranjit Singh, who was concerned about the frail health of his only [[heir]] Kharak Singh. The Maharaja married her in 1835 by 'sending his arrow and sword to her village'. On 6 September 1838 she gave birth to [[Duleep Singh]], who became the last Maharaja of the [[Sikh Empire]].<ref name=eos-jkm>{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Hasrat |first1=B. J. |editor1-last=Singh |editor1-first=Harbans |editor1-link=Harbans Singh |title=Jind Kaur, Maharani (1817–1863) |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia Of Sikhism | volume=II E–L |edition=3rd |pages=381–384 |publisher=Punjabi University Patiala |url=https://archive.org/details/TheEncyclopediaOfSikhism-VolumeIiE-l/page/381/mode/1up |date=2011 |isbn=978-8-1-7380-204-1 |language=English}}</ref>

His other wives included, Mehtab Devi of Kangara also called Guddan or Katochan and Raj Banso, daughters of Raja Sansar Chand of Kangra.

He was also married to Rani Har Devi of Atalgarh, Rani Aso Sircar and Rani Jag Deo According to the diaries, that [[Duleep Singh]] kept towards the end of his life, these women presented the Maharaja with four daughters. Dr. Priya Atwal notes that the daughters could be adopted.<ref name="Atwal"/> Ranjit Singh was also married to Jind Bani or Jind Kulan, daughter of Muhammad Pathan from Mankera and Gul Bano, daughter of Malik Akhtar from Amritsar.
[[File:Genealogical notes of Sikh emperors from the Lahore Durbar, focusing on their wives and children, from the personal notebook and copybook of Duleep Singh, ca.1855–60.jpg|thumb|Genealogical notes on Sikh emperors from the Lahore Durbar, focusing on their wives and children, from the personal notebook and copybook of Duleep Singh, ca.1855–60. The many wives of Ranjit Singh and their children are enumerated.]]
Ranjit Singh married many times, in various ceremonies, and had twenty wives.<ref name="Anand2015p13">{{cite book|author=Anita Anand|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cd4yBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA13|title=Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|year=2015|isbn=978-1-63286-081-1|page=13}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Patwant Singh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vr4VAQAAIAAJ|title=Empire of the Sikhs: The Life and Times of Maharaja Ranjit Singh|publisher=Peter Owen|year=2008|isbn=978-0-7206-1323-0|page=69}}</ref> [[Lepel Griffin|Sir Lepel Griffin]], however, provides a list of just sixteen wives and their pension list. Most of his marriages were performed through chādar andāz.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Griffin|first=Lepel Henry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q0ABAAAAQAAJ&dq=raj+&pg=PA468|title=The Panjab Chiefs: Historical and Biographical Notices of the Principal Families in the Territories Under the Panjab Government|date=1865|publisher=T.C. McCarthy|language=en}}</ref> Some scholars note that the information on Ranjit Singh's marriages is unclear, and there is evidence that he had many concubines. Dr. Priya Atwal presents an official list of Ranjit Singh's thirty wives.<ref name="auto" /> The women married through chādar andāzī were noted as concubines and were known as the lesser title of [[Rani]] (queen).<ref name="Postscript: Maharaja Duleep Singh"/> While Mehtab Kaur and Datar Kaur officially bore the title of [[Maharani]] (high queen), Datar Kaur officially became the Maharani after the death of Mehtab Kaur in 1813. Throughout her life was referred to as [[Empress consort|Sarkar Rani]].<ref>{{Cite book|first=Lala Sohan |last=Lal Suri|title=Umdat Ul Tawarikh}}</ref> After her death, the title was held by Ranjit's youngest widow Jind Kaur.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lafont|first=Jean Marie|title=Maharaja Ranjit Singh: lord of the five rivers|date=2002|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-566111-7|location=New Delhi|oclc=49618584}}</ref> According to Khushwant Singh in an 1889 interview with the French journal ''[[Le Voltaire (newspaper)|Le Voltaire]]'', his son Dalip (Duleep) Singh remarked, "I am the son of one of my father's forty-six wives."<ref name="Singh2008p300" /> Dr. Priya Atwal notes that Ranjit Singh and his heirs entered a total of 46 marriages.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Atwal|first=Priya|title=Royals and Rebels|year=2020}}</ref> But Ranjit Singh was known not to be a "rash sensualist" and commanded unusual respect in the eyes of others.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite book|last=Duggal|first=Kartar Singh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4udb8LsF3-oC&q=rash|title=Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Last to Lay Arms|date=2001|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-410-3|language=en}}</ref> Faqir Sayyid Vaḥiduddin states: "If there was one thing in which Ranjit Singh failed to excel or even equal the average monarch of oriental history, it was the size of his harem."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Vaḥīduddīn|first=Faqīr Sayyid|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uaQGAQAAIAAJ|title=The Real Ranjit Singh|date=1965|publisher=Lion Art Press|language=en}}</ref><ref name="auto1" /> George Keene noted, "In hundreds and in thousands the orderly crowds stream on. Not a bough is broken off a wayside tree, not a rude remark to a woman".<ref name="auto1" />

=== Issues ===

==== Issues of Ranjit Singh ====

* [[Kharak Singh]] (22 February 1801 – 5 November 1840) was the eldest and the favorite of Ranjit Singh from his second wife, Datar Kaur.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Khushwant |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D068dKeyGW4C&q=favourite+wife |title=Ranjit Singh |date=2009 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-306543-2 |language=en}}</ref> He succeeded his father as the [[Maharaja]].
* [[Ishar Singh (Sikh prince)|Ishar Singh]] (1804-1805) son of his first wife, Mehtab Kaur. This prince died in infancy.
* [[Rattan Singh]] (1805–1845) was born to Maharani Datar Kaur.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Yudhvir Rana |date=1 May 2015 |title=Descendants of Maharaja Ranjit Singh stakes claim on Gobindgarh Fort |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/descendants-of-maharaja-ranjit-singh-stakes-claim-on-gobindgarh-fort/articleshow/47123514.cms |access-date=17 September 2021 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Yudhvir Rana |date=18 August 2021 |title=Seventh generation descendent of Maharaja Ranjit Singh writes to Imran |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/seventh-generation-descendent-of-maharaja-ranjit-singh-writes-to-imran/articleshow/85432426.cms |access-date=10 September 2021 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> He was granted the [[Jagatpur, Punjab|Jagatpur Bajaj]] estate as his jagir.
* Fateh Singh (1806-1811) was born to Maharani Datar Kaur.<ref name="Postscript: Maharaja Duleep Singh3">{{Citation |title=Emperor of the Five Rivers |date=2017 |section=Postscript: Maharaja Duleep Singh |publisher=I.B. Tauris |doi=10.5040/9781350986220.0008 |isbn=978-1-78673-095-4}}</ref>
* [[Sher Singh]] (4 December 1807 – 15 September 1843) was the elder of the twins of Mehtab Kaur. He briefly became the Maharaja of the Sikh Empire.
* [[Tara Singh (Sikh prince)|Tara Singh]] (4 December 1807 – 1859) younger of the twins born of Mehtab Kaur.
* [[Multana Singh]] (1819–1846) son of Ratan Kaur.
* [[Kashmira Singh]] (1821–1844) son of Daya Kaur.
* [[Pashaura Singh]] (1821–1845) younger son of Daya Kaur.
* [[Duleep Singh]] (4 September 1838 – 22 October 1893), the last ''[[Maharaja]]'' of the [[Sikh Empire]]. Ranji Singh's youngest son, the only child of Jind Kaur.

[[File:Maharaja_Ranjit_Singh_in_Darbar_with_sons_and_officials._Signed_by_Imam_Bakhsh.jpg|thumb|Maharaja Ranjit Singh in [[Durbar (court)|Darbar]] with sons and officials. Signed by Imam Bakhsh]]
According to the pedigree table and [[Duleep Singh]]'s diaries that he kept towards the end of his life another son Fateh Singh was born to Mai Nakain, who died in infancy.<ref name="Postscript: Maharaja Duleep Singh3"/> According to Henry Edward only Datar Kaur and Jind Kaur's sons are Ranjit Singh's biological sons.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fane |first1=Henry Edward |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-rZFAAAAIAAJ&q=colburn+%22five+years+in+india%22&pg=PR1 |title=Five Years in India, Volume 1, Chapter VII |publisher=Henry Colburn |year=1842 |page=120 |access-date=4 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Lady Login's Recollections |publisher=Smith, Elder & Co, London |year=1916 |page=85 |chapter=Chapter VII |access-date=4 August 2016 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/ladyloginsrecoll00logirich#page/n9/mode/2up}}</ref>

It is said that [[Ishar Singh (Sikh prince)|Ishar Singh]] was not the biological son of Mehtab Kaur and Ranjit Singh, but only procured by Mehtab Kaur and presented to Ranjit Singh who accepted him as his son.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Griffin |first=Lepel Henry |title=The Panjab chiefs: historical and biographical notices of the principal families in the Lahore and Rawalpindi divisions of the Panjab |date=1890 |publisher=Civil and Military Gazette Press |oclc=777874299}}</ref> [[Tara Singh (Sikh prince)|Tara Singh]] and [[Sher Singh]] had similar rumours, it is said that Sher Singh was the son of a chintz weaver, Nahala and Tara Singh was the son of Manki, a servant in the household of [[Sada Kaur]]. Henry Edward Fane, the nephew and aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief, India, General Sir Henry Fane, who spent several days in Ranjit Singh's company, reported, "Though reported to be the Maharaja's son, Sher Singh's father has never thoroughly acknowledged him, though his mother always insisted on his being so. A brother of Sher, Tara Singh by the same mother, has been even worse treated than himself, not being permitted to appear at court, and no office given him, either of profit or honour." ''Five Years in India'', Volume 1, Henry Edward Fane, London, 1842{{full citation needed|date=June 2022}}{{page needed|date=June 2022}}

[[Multana Singh]], [[Kashmira Singh]] and [[Pashaura Singh]] were sons of the two widows of Sahib Singh, Daya Kaur and Ratan Kaur, whom Ranjit Singh took under his protection and married. These sons, are said to be, not biologically born to the queens and only procured and later presented to and accepted by Ranjit Singh as his sons.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Griffin |first=Lepel Henry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jc8NAAAAIAAJ&q=raj |title=Ranjit Síngh and the Sikh Barrier Between Our Growing Empire and Central Asia |date=1898 |publisher=Clarendon Press |language=en}}</ref>

===Punishment by the Akal Takht===
[[File:Akali Phula Singh punishing Maharaja Ranjit Singh.jpg|thumb|[[Akali Phula Singh]] addressing Maharaja Ranjit Singh about his transgressions|left]]
[[File:Miniature painting of Moran Sarkar, a Muslim nautch dancer of the court Ranjit Singh and a claimed wife of his.jpg|thumb|Miniature painting of Moran Sarkar, a Muslim [[nautch]] dancer of the court Ranjit Singh and a claimed wife of his]]{{See also|Prohibitions in Sikhism}}
In 1802, Ranjit Singh married [[Moran Sarkar]], a Muslim [[nautch girl]]. This action, and other non-[[Sikh]] activities of the Maharaja, upset orthodox Sikhs, including the [[Nihang]]s, whose leader [[Akali Phula Singh]] was the [[Jathedar]] of the [[Akal Takht]].<ref name="Kartar">{{cite book|last1=Singh|first1=Kartar|title=Stories from Sikh History: Book–VII|date=1975|publisher=Hemkunt Press|location=New Delhi|page=160}}</ref> When Ranjit Singh visited [[Amritsar]], he was called outside the Akal Takht, where he was made to apologise for his mistakes. Akali Phula Singh took Ranjit Singh to a tamarind tree in front of the Akal Takht and prepared to punish him by flogging him.<ref name="Kartar" /> Then Akali Phula Singh asked the nearby Sikh pilgrims whether they approved of Ranjit Singh's apology. The pilgrims responded with ''[[Sat Sri Akal]]'' and Ranjit Singh was released and forgiven. An alternative holds that Ranjit went to visit Moran on his arrival in [[Amritsar]] before paying his respects at [[Harmandir|Harmandir Sahib Gurdwara]], which upset orthodox Sikhs and hence was punished by Akali Phula Singh. [[Iqbal Qaiser]] and [[Manveen Sandhu]] make alternative accounts of the relationship between Moran and the Maharaja; the former states they never married, while the latter states that they married. Court chronicler, Sohan Lal Suri makes no mention of Moran's marriage to the Maharaja or coins being struck in her name. Bibi Moran spent the rest of life in Pathankot.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Graham|first=Ian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=azwhCwAAQBAJ&q=moran+sarkar&pg=PA206|title=Scarlet Women: The Scandalous Lives of Courtesans, Concubines, and Royal Mistresses|date=2016|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-1-250-06263-5|language=en}}</ref> Duleep Singh makes a list of his father's queens which also does not mention Bibi Moran.

[[File:Maharaja Ranjit Singh in Darbar with sons and officials. Signed by Imam Bakhsh.jpg|thumb|Maharaja Ranjit Singh in [[Durbar (court)|Darbar]] with sons and officials. Signed by Imam Bakhsh]]