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har, Zabulistan) were incorporated with the Soobah of Cashmere, 

 and its annual revenue may be estimated a little short of one million 

 sterling. (See Appendix). The standing army of the whole was 

 94,800 horse, and there were 37 garrisoned forts in various parts of 

 the country, containing 2,400 foot or artillery. In the year 

 1604, A. D. Nawab Koolinj Khan was despatched from Delhi 

 as Soobahdar of the country, but owing to the death of the 

 Emperor Akbar, which took place in the succeeding year, (1014 H.) 

 he only remained one year, during which a severe famine occurred. 

 Akbar, dying at the age of 64 after a reign of fifty-two years, was 

 succeeded by his son Selim, (A. D. 1605,) who assumed the name of 

 Jehangire and the following year appointed Mirza Allie Akbar 

 viceroy; (A. D. 1606,) but it seems doubtful whether this Soobah- 

 dar ever exercised power in his proper person ; in fact according to 

 the historian Hyder Mullick (who, however, it must be confessed is 

 not generally to be trusted where the history touches his own 

 times) the viceroyalty of Cashmere was at this time exercised by 

 Hyder Mullick (himself) and Allie Mullick (his brother) nobles of 

 Cashmere, and he omits the two last named Soobahdars from his 

 list altogether ; the former indeed is omitted in several lists I have 

 met with. The same author relates that in the year H. 1015, 

 (1606 A. D.) Kootub-ood-deen Khan and other Mogul Koti chiefs 

 made an attempt to dispossess Yoosuf Khan, (?) but were defeated 5 

 perhaps the system of Naibs had already commenced. Mirza Allie 

 Akbar, after a power of four years (whether exercised personally or 

 not) was succeeded successively by Hashim Khan (A. D. 1610,) 

 for three years by Nawab Safdar Khan (A. D. 1613,) for two 

 years, and by Ahmed Beg Khan (A. D. 1615,) for three years, during 

 "whose tenures of office no event of importance occurred. At length 

 Dilawer Khan (A. D. 1617,) became governor of Cashmere, and 

 shortly afterwards reduced Kishtewar to its allegiance ; the 

 Mullicks of Shahabad being his allies and advisers (Hyder Mullick). 

 During the time of this Soobahdar, the country was visited by a 

 pestilence, and shortly afterwards the great mosque or Jumma 

 Musjid, built by Sikunder Butshikan, together with 12,000 houses 

 in the city were consumed by fire. The father of the historian 

 Hyder Mullick (who was of the Shiah sect) was accused of having 



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