Dhi Mall (1627-1677), the elder son of Baba Gurditta and a grandson of Guru Hargobind, was born at Kartarpur, now in Jalandhar district of the Punjab, on 10 January 1627. From his early years, he was prone to stubbornness, a trait which became stronger as he grew up. He stayed behind in Kartarpur when Guru Hargobind moved along with the family to Kiratpur. At the death, in 1638, of his father, Baba Gurditta, he did not go to Kiratpur to attend the obsequies, nor did he part with the original Bir (original Adi Granth of Guru Arjan) of the Adi Granth which had been left at Kartarpur at the time of Guru Hargobind's migration to Kiratpur and which had to be recited as part of the rites.