Mughal Kashmir
The Sarkar of Kashmir (Persian: کشمیر سرکار) later the Subah of Kashmir (Persian: کشمیر صوبہ) 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 by emperor Shah Jahan in 1638. The province ceased to exist when the Durrani forces, under Ahmed Shah Abdali, entered Kashmir in 1752 and captured Quli Khan, the last Mughal Subahdar.
مُغلِیہ كَشمير मुगल कश्मीर | |||||||||
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| 1586–1752 | |||||||||
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 Kashmir Sarkar of Kabul Subah depicted in map of Mughal India by Robert Wilkinson (1805) | |||||||||
| Status | Sarkar of the Kabul Subah of Mughal Empire (1586 - 1638) Subah of the Mughal Empire (1638 - 1752) | ||||||||
| Capital | Srinagar | ||||||||
| Common languages | Persian (official) Kashmiri (official) Arabic (religious) Hindavi (lingua france) | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam (official) Shia Islam Hinduism and other Indian religions | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Kashmiri Mughal | ||||||||
| Government | Dependent later self governing viceroyalty under Mughal Empire • Faujdari with a divisional government under Kabul authority (1586 - 1638) • Subahdari with a provincial government (1638 - 1752) | ||||||||
| Faujdar/Subahdar | |||||||||
• 1586 – 1588 | Qasim Khan (first) | ||||||||
• 1611 – 1616 | Ahmed Beg Khan | ||||||||
• 1638 – 1646 1652 – 1657 | Ali Mardan Khan | ||||||||
• 1671 – 1675 | Iftikhar Khan | ||||||||
• 1721 – 1723 | Abd al-Samad Khan | ||||||||
• 1751 – 1752 | Quli Khan (last) | ||||||||
| Legislature | Mughal Darbar | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early Modern Period | ||||||||
| 10 October 1586 | |||||||||
| 1752 | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 1638 | 22,000 km2 (8,500 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Currency | Gold Mohur Silver Rupiya Copper Dam | ||||||||
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| Today part of | |||||||||
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]
References
- Saran, Parmatma (1941). The Provincial Government of the Mughals, 1526-1658. Kitabistan.