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A. D. 1624. — The highways being somewhat cleared of these 

 turbulent spirits, Jehangire again paid a visit to Cashmere in the 

 summer of 1624 A. D. and built many palaces and summer-houses, 

 more especially he completed the construction of the celebrated 

 Shalimar gardens immortalized by poets and travellers. The 

 Naseem (or salubrious) and Nishat Baghs was the fancy of Noor 

 Jehan Begum, to whose taste also many other beautiful retreats 

 owed their origin. The ruins of palaces at Manasbul, Echibul, 

 Yirnag, &c. attest her taste in selecting picturesque sites. 



Three years after this the emperor visited Cashmere for the 4th 

 and last time, (A. D. 1627,) (or according to Mohammad Azim for 

 the 7th) but on his return towards Hindustan, died at Rajawer, 

 whence his body was conveyed to Lahore and there buried. His 

 widow Noor Jehan Begum, took up her residence at Lahore after 

 Jehangire' s death, where she employed her leisure for the remaining 

 twenty years of her life in constructing a magnificent tomb for her 

 late lord and emperor. | *rv<>s*> *^i.j 



Shah Jehan succeeded to the empire of Delhi in the year 

 A. D. 1627, but Etekaad Khan still remained viceroy of Cashmere, 

 notwithstanding that the people of that country, groaning under his 

 tyranny and exactions, despatched an embassy to complain of his 

 oppression to the new emperor. 



At length in 1633 A. D. Zufr Khan was appointed to suc- 

 ceed him, and the following year the emperor paid a visit to 

 the valley in person, where he amused himself with sporting and 

 planting gardens ; amongst others he built the beautiful summer- 

 house in the Shalimar gardens. The emperor again visited the 

 country whilst Zufr Khan was governor, who also improved the 

 country much, and introduced fruit trees and flowers, from Kabool. 

 He did not confine his supervision moreover to embellishment, but 

 invaded Thibet, and took the fort (Ladak) thereof which he annexed 

 to the Soobahdarie of Cashmere. In his time religious disturbances 

 betwixt the rival sects of Shiahs and Soonees took place. 



In the year A. D 1640, Prince Morad Buksh of Delhi visited 

 Cashmere, and married a daughter of the Mullicks of Shahabad : 

 he ruled the country for one year, and upon his departure (A. D. 

 1642,) Allie Murdan Khan was sent as Soobahdar, but was 



