410 A Sice tcli oftlie Maliomedan History of Cashmere. [No. 5. 



above alluded to* (Noor-ood-deen) begins his history of Cashmere 

 with the creation, and according to him the valley was visited by 

 Adam after the fall ! The descendants of Seth reigned over Cash- 

 mere 1110 years, after which it was conquered by Hurrischunder 

 Haja, whose descendants reigned till the deluge, after which event 

 the country was peopled by a tribe from Turkisthan. Moses is said 

 to have died in Cashmere, where he taught the worship of the one 

 God. The people, however, afterwards relapsed into idolatry, a sin 

 which was visited by the local inundation of the country and the 

 tyranny of the demon Juldeo. After the desiccation of the valley 

 by Kushef, fifty-five princes of the Korans reigned 1919 years. 

 According to Bedia-ood-deen (the commentator of JSToor-ood-deen,) 

 the country was settled by Solomon, who set up his cousin Isaun as 

 king. The worship of the one God still continued the national 

 religion, till one of the kings lost his life in endeavouring to resist 

 the progress of idolatry, which again gained a footing in the land, 

 and from this time the brahminical faith seems, with one or two 

 intervals of Buddhism, to have prevailed until about the period at 

 which the present sketch commences. 



1305 A. D. — About the year of the Hejira 705 Eaja Sudeo 

 ascended the throne of Cashmere, a prince of a tyrannical and feeble 

 character, who, in a short time alienated the affections of his subjects 

 by sundry acts of incapacity and oppression. At this period, a certain 

 Mahomedan prince named Shahmir, who claimed a descent from 

 Ali, assuming the disguise of a merchant's son, appeared in the 

 country, and was assigned a village near Baramoola for his residence 

 and support. Ambition seems to have prompted him to this, 

 inasmuch as his grandfather Wuffoor Shah of Sawadgere had 

 prophesied that Shahmir would one day become a king of Cashmere, 

 which, it will hereafter appear, eventually came to pass ; one 

 amongst numerous instances of such prophecies containing the 

 conditions of their own fulfilment. 



Another chief named Sunkur Chukk, being driven away from 

 Dardao, fled to Cashmere, and there took up his abode with his 

 adherents ; and thirdly, prince Banjpoee, a son of king Yuftun of 



* These facts I derive from Professor Wilson's Treatise, Vol. XV. Trans. As. 

 Soc. never having met with the work of Shaik Noor-ood-deeu. 



