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the Sultans of Kashmir. 
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Kashmir by their assistance. Kamran at once consented to do so and 
appointed Muharram Beg to co-operate with these two worthies. As 
soon as the Kashmiris heard of the approach of the Mughals they fled for 
fear to the mountains leaving all they possessed in their houses. The 
Mughal soldiers plundered and burnt to their hearts’ content: all the 
Kashmiris who dared to leave the mountains to fight for their homes were 
slain. At first Abdal Makari thought Malik Gaji Chakk was at the 
bottom of this invasion. When he found, however, that he was not in 
the Mughal army, he sent for him and his sons and entered into a com¬ 
pact with them. Joining their forces together, the two leaders took 
heart and, attacking the Mughals, utterly routed them and drove them 
back to their own country. But after this Malik Gaji Chakk could not 
endure the prosperity of Abdal, so he betook himself to Bhir and there 
resided. In this year, which was 939 A. H. (the MS. in the British Museum 
agrees with this date) the Sultan of Kashgar, Said Shah, sent his son 
Sikandar Ivlian together with Mirza Haidar and 12,000 soldiers by the 
way of Tibet and Lar to invade Kashmir. The inhabitants, fearing the 
hardy valour of the central Asians fled from their homes in all direc¬ 
tions and took refuge in the mountains. The invaders, finding every¬ 
thing open before them, destroyed the palaces of the olden kings and 
levelled them with the dust. The city was burnt. The treasury and 
the buried treasures were plundered, and the whole army of invaders 
was laden with goods and gold. Wherever the Kashmiris were found 
hidden they were pursued and slain or imprisoned. This state of things 
lasted for six months. Meanwhile Maliks Gaji Chakk and Abdal 
Makari, together with other nobles, took refuge in Chakdara, But not 
agreeing to stay there, they went to Khawara and Baradar. From this 
place by the way of Badah they descended from the mountains and 
engaged in battle with the Mughals, the leaders of whom were quite 
willing to risk an engagement. The encounter was long and bloody. 
Many great and brave men on both sides were slain. The Kashmiris at 
oue time wished to turn their backs on the field, but Malik Gaji Chakk 
exhorted them to play the man and remain firm. They also obtained 
the aid of more Kashmiris. The slaughter on both sides was awful— 
the dead were numberless. The struggle lasted from morning till 
night. In the evening the prisoners were numbered on both sides 
and were liberated and both armies were ready to accept joeace. The 
Kashgar party, taking with them presents of wool, hawks, and precious 
things, went to Muhammad Shah and asked his daughter in marriage to 
Sikandar Khan, and desired that the women whom the Mughals had in 
their hands, should there remain. Peace being thus concluded, the 
central Asians returned to their homes, and peace once more reigned in 
