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of tlie heads of his opponents. The result of this rebellion was that 
Adam Khan was made heir to the Snltan and after this there were six 
years of peace. 
A famine is recorded about this time. The Sultan distributed 
amongst the people the contents of the granaries and although the 
famine was very severe it was met. It may have been owing to the 
famine (we do not know) that the king reduced the taxation to a 
fourth part of the produce in some places and to a seventh part in others. 
Adam Khan seems to have been a really bad man. In his govern¬ 
ment of Kamraj* he was so oppressive that the people complained to the 
Sultan. Adam rebelled. He was, however, quieted by some strange 
action of his father. But Zain-ul-Abidin knew his two sons. He re¬ 
called Haji Khan and with his aid he drove Adam oaat of the valley. 
On returning home the Sultan presented his own sword to Haji and 
made him his heir. When freed from his brother and at peace in 
Kashmir Haji took to drinking and caused the Sultan much anxiety. 
At this juncture the king was seized with dysentery. Haji being con¬ 
stantly intoxicated, the affairs of the kingdom became confused. The 
nobles therefore secretly recalled Adam Khan and he came and saw the 
king, before whom he stated the condition of affairs and asked him to 
appoint his successor. This the king neglected to do. Baliram, the 
youngest brother, made the most of this opportunity and sowed the seeds 
of dissension between Adam and Haji. The result was that Adam retired 
to Kutub-ud-Dinpur. The Sultan became worse daily. The nobles fear¬ 
ing the jealousies of the brothers would break out in disturbances, would 
not allow them to see him. Occasionally they placed the king on the 
throne and ordered the drum to be beaten as though nothing was amiss. 
Haji and Bahrain went out daily armed against Adam. The Sultan 
hearing of this became worse and lost the use of his limbs and became 
delirious. One night Adam went into the city alone to see his father. 
On that night the nobles assembled to elect Haji as successor to the 
throne. Adam was expelled the city and Haji obtaining possession of 
the king’s stables and treasury was acknowledged Sultan. Adam went by 
the Baramulla pass to India. At this time Hasan Khan joined his 
father Haji Khan from Poonch. This help was very opportune. 
Zain-ul-Abidin reigned in all 52 years. He died aged 69 in the 
year 877 A. H. His reign was long and to a certain extent prosperous. 
But its close is not a pleasant sight to contemplate. There was 
evidently no fixed and settled law in the land. Everything depended 
on the king. The nobles, as we have seen, now and then exercised 
# The valley of the Pohri is called Kamraj. Pohri joins the Jhelum on the 
right bank just below Sopur. Kamraj is therefore the N. W. valley of Kashmir. 
