Mughal Kashmir Explained

Flag Caption:Alam flag of the Mughal Empire
Capital:Srinagar
Legislature:Mughal Darbar
Area Label:1648
Status:
Year End:1752
Life Span:1586 - 1752
Year Start:1586
Image Map Caption:Kashmir Sarkar of Kabul Subah depicted in map of Mughal India by Robert Wilkinson (1805)
Title Leader:Faujdar/Subahdar
Year Leader1:1586 - 1588
Leader1:Qasim Khan
Year Leader2:1611 - 1616
Leader2:Ahmed Beg Khan
Year Leader3:1638 - 1646
1652 - 1657
Leader3:Ali Mardan Khan
Year Leader4:1671 - 1675
Leader4:Iftikhar Khan
Year Leader5:1721 - 1723
Leader5:Abd al-Samad Khan
Year Leader6:1751 - 1752
Leader6:Quli Khan
Event Start:Battle of Hastivanj
Date Start:10 October
Event End:Annexed by Durrani Empire
Stat Area1:22,000
Stat Year1:1638
P1:Kashmir Sultanate
Flag P1:Blood Flag.svg
S1:Durrani Empire
Flag S1:Flag of Herat until 1842.svg
Era:Early modern period

The Sarkar of Kashmir (Persian:), later the Subah of Kashmir (Persian:), was a province of the Mughal Empire encompassing the Kashmir region, now divided between Pakistan (Muzaffarabad division) and India (Kashmir division). It was separated from the Kabul Subah and was made into an imperial province under administrative reforms carried out by emperor Shah Jahan in 1648. The province ceased to exist when Durrani forces, under Ahmed Shah Abdali, entered Kashmir in 1752 and captured Quli Khan, the last Mughal Subahdar.

Geography

The Kashmir Subah was bordered on the north by the Maqpon Kingdom of Baltistan, to the east by the Namgyal Kingdom of Ladakh, to the west by the Kabul Subah, the south by Lahore Subah, and to the south east by the semi autonomous hill states of Jammu.[1]

List of governors

Notes and References

  1. Book: Saran, Parmatma . The Provincial Government of the Mughals, 1526 - 1658 . 1941 . Kitabistan.
  2. Book: Bakshi, S. R. . Kashmir: History and People . Sarup & Sons . 1997 . 978-81-85431-96-3 . 13177434M . 40452761 . Kashmir Through Ages . 1 . 126-133.
  3. Book: Singh, Trilochan . Guru Tegh Bahadur, Prophet and Martyr: A Biography . Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee . 1967 . 293-300 . XXII.