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Hasan the son of Haidar was proclaimed king. His opponents were 
imprisoned. The treasuries of the Sultan were opened and much money 
was distributed. Ahmad was made prime minister and his son Nauroz 
was made kotwal of the city. Bahrain Khan seeing the kingship had 
slipped out of his hands fled in the direction of India. Hasan began by 
renewing the edicts of Zain-ul-’Abidin which in the reign of Haidar had 
fallen into disuse. For this reason several discontented nobles fled to 
Bahram Khan and got him ready for an invasion of Kashmir. Others 
wrote letters to him and invited him to the country. Bahram returned 
by the way of the mountains to Kamraj. At last a battle was fought in 
which Bahram and his son were captured. They were both thrown into 
prison. After awhile Bahrain was deprived of his eyesight by a needle 
being drawn through the eyes and he died after a short 
interval from the agonies endured in this fearful operation. 
It seems that an enemy of Ahmad’s by name Zain Badr a wazir of 
Zain-ul-Abidin’s was one of the principals in this dreadful business. 
Hasan Shall had him at once apprehended and with the very needle that 
Bahram had had his eyesight destroyed, he himself was rendered blind. 
He remained in prison for three years after this and then died. Ahmad 
Aswad thus became strong. He sent Malik Bari Bihut to assist the Rajah 
of Jammu, against Tatar Khan, who had been sent by the emperor of 
Dehli to govern the Pan jab, and who was harassing the borders of 
Kashmir. They plundered some parts of the Panjab and destroyed the 
town of Sialkot. 
Hasan had two sons by Haiyat Khatun daughter of Syud Hasan, one 
was named Muhammad who was confided to the care of Malik Bari 
Bihut; the other Husain was given into the hands of Malik Kauroz 
the son of Ahmad Aswad to be educated. The usual* thing happened. 
Ahmad Aswad and Bari Bihut got at loggerheads with each other. 
They each tried to oust the other. The nobles took up the quarrel. At 
last things grew to such a pitch that they fought in the very presence 
of the king. Malik Ahmad Aswad fared the worse of the two. He was 
sent to prison with numbers of his followers and all his goods were con¬ 
fiscated and he himself died in prison. Sultan Hasan then recalled to 
Kashmir an exile named Syad 1ST a sir who had been near Zain-ul-Abidin, 
but the Syad died when near the Pir Panjal pass. For this reason the 
Sultan sent to Helili for his wife’s grandfather Syad Hasan. The new 
comer soon turned the nobles against the Sultan and besides this 
executed great numbers of them. He also imprisoned Malik Bari. 
The rest of the nobles seeing this fled. Jahangir Makar i in his flight 
found refuge in Lauliarkot. At last Hasan Sliah from over uxorious¬ 
ness eyB jt drew nigh unto death. In his last moments he con- 
