Dipalpur

Dipalpur stands in the Bari Doab of Punjab, on a route by which armies approaching Delhi could be met. Its fortified mound preserves traces of a much older settlement, with coins from the Indo-Scythian and Kushan periods. Tradition credits its foundation to a ruler named Deva Pala or Dipa Chand. The town's walls were already standing before Timur's invasion, and Dipalpur became an important stronghold on the northwestern approaches to the Delhi Sultanate.

In the fourteenth century Firuz Shah Tughlaq visited Dipalpur regularly. At the time of Timur's invasion in 1398, the town was regarded as second only to Multan in size and importance in the region. Babur took it along with Lahore in 1524, recording the victory in his memoirs. Under Akbar, the Ain-i-Akbari listed a substantial force of cavalry and infantry for the district. The Sufi Bahawal Sher Qalandar settled at a nearby village, where he built a mosque and a small dwelling; his grandson Shah Muqeem continued his work there.