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A. D. 1724. — Anatoola Khan now again (third time) undertook 

 the government of the country, and appointed as his Naib Faqeer- 

 ood-deen, who remained for a few months over the year, when his 

 patron Anatoola Khan died and was succeeded in the Soobahdaree by 

 Acheedat Khan. The latter despatched Abul Burkat as his Naib who 

 remained three years until a successor to his patron was appointed, 

 Soobahdar Agher Khan (A. D. 1728,) who assumed his government 

 in person at Cashmere : he countenanced tyranny and exactions on 

 the part of his subordinates, of which malpractices the Cashmeries 

 laid a formal complaint before the Emperor, but meeting with no 

 redress, they took the law into their own hands, and stoned the 

 obnoxious viceroy out of the city of Srinugger. Soobahdar Ameer 

 Khan succeeded and reappointed Abul Burkat, (A. D. 1729,) the 

 former Naib of the country, but after two years he superseded him 

 by Ehteram Khan, in whose time there were bread riots and several 

 grain-holders lost their lives. 



Encouraged by the new Naib's unpopularity, Abul Burkat now 

 rebelled and forced Ehteram Khan to fly the country. The Soobah- 

 dar Ameer Khan was now dispossessed of Cashmere by the Emperor 

 and Dileer Khan of Paniput appointed to succeed him, (A. D. 

 1735 ;) the latter however died at Lahore on his way to assume 

 his government. Ameer Khan therefore remained Soobahdar one 

 year longer, but being worsted in a battle with a rebel Eajah Jafr 

 Khan, he fled to Hindustan. This year also the country was 

 deluged by great floods, and an earthquake which lasted for three 

 months caused considerable damage. 



A. D. 1736. — Juleel-ood-deen Khan was now appointed Soobah- 

 dar, but met with no better success than his predecessor, in govern- 

 ing the country. Cashmere in fact, perhaps through the influence 

 of Nadir Shah who was at this time engaged in subduing Kabool 

 and Peshawar, seems to have been in a very disturbed condition ; 

 however Eakr-ood-dowlah, a noble apparently in the interest of Nadir 

 Shah, drove away the rebel Jafr Khan and his allies into their hills, 

 assumed a sort of regal state in Cashmere and administered the 

 government on his own responsibility. Meantime Utteehoola Khan 

 (as son of Anatoola Khan) had been appointed Soobahdar by 

 Mahomed Shah, and sent a son of Mushuruf Khan named Aswaim- 



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