Mughal Kashmir
Province of the Mughal Empire
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The Sarkar of Kashmir (Persian: سرکار کشمیر), later the Subah of Kashmir (Persian: صوبہ کشمیر), was a province of the Mughal Empire encompassing the Kashmir region, now divided between Pakistan (Muzaffarabad division) and India (Kashmir division). It was separated from the Kabul Subah and was made into an imperial province under administrative reforms carried out by emperor Shah Jahan in 1648.[citation needed] The province ceased to exist when Durrani forces, under Ahmed Shah Abdali, entered Kashmir in 1752 and captured Quli Khan, the last Mughal Subahdar.
- Sarkar of the Kabul Subah of Mughal Empire
–(1586–1648)
- Subah of the Mughal Empire
–(1648–1752)
- Persian (official)
- Kashmiri (official)
- Arabic (religious)
- Hindustani (lingua franca)
- Sunni Islam (official)
- Shia Islam
- Hinduism and other Indian religions
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Alam flag of the Mughal Empire | |||||||||
 Elaborately illustrated map of the Kashmir Subah of the Mughal Empire, commissioned by Jean Baptiste Joseph Gentil, ca.1770 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Srinagar | ||||||||
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| Government | Dependent later self governing viceroyalty under Mughal Empire
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| Faujdar/Subahdar | |||||||||
• 1586–1588 | Qasim Khan | ||||||||
• 1611–1616 | Ahmed Beg Khan | ||||||||
• 1638–1646 1652–1657 | Ali Mardan Khan | ||||||||
• 1671–1675 | Iftikhar Khan | ||||||||
• 1721–1723 | Abd al-Samad Khan | ||||||||
• 1751–1752 | Quli Khan | ||||||||
| Legislature | Mughal Darbar | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern period | ||||||||
| 10 October 1586 | |||||||||
| 1752 | |||||||||
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• 1601 | 11,229[1] sq mi (29,080 km2) | ||||||||
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Geography
The Kashmir Subah was bordered on the north by the Maqpon Kingdom of Baltistan, to the east by the Namgyal Kingdom of Ladakh, to the west by the Kabul Subah, the south by Lahore Subah, and to the south east by the semi autonomous hill states of Jammu.[2]
List of governors
- Qasim Khan (1586–1587)[3]
- Mirza Yusuf Khan Rizvi (1587–1593)[3]
- Asaf Khan (1593–1599)[3]
- Khan Qulich Kulbah Khan (r. 1606–1609)[4]
- Ahmad Beg Khan (r. 1611–1618)[4]
- Zaffar Khan (r. 1633–1640)[4]
- Ali Mardan Khan (r. 1642, 1650–1657)[4]
- Itimad Khan (1659–1662)[3]
- Ibrahim Khan (1662–1664)[3]
- Islam Khan (1664–1665)[3]
- Saif Khan (r. 1664–1667)[4]
- Mubarez Khan (r. 1667–1668)[4]
- Saif Khan (1669–1672)[3]
- Iftikhar Khan (r. 1671–1675)[5][4]
- Qawamuddin Khan (1675–1678)[3]
- Ibrahim Khan (1678–1685)[3]
- Hifzullah Khan (r. 1686–1690)[6]
- Muzafer Khan (r. 1690–1692)[4]
- Fazal Khan (r. 1698–1701)[4]
- Ibrahim Khan (r. 1701–1706)[4]
- Inayatullah Kashmiri (r. 1712–unknown)[4]
- Mir Ahmad Khan (r. unknown–1720)[4]
- Abdul Samad (r. 1720–1723)[4]
- Fakar-ud-Daula[4]
- Ati Ullah Khan (r. 1739–1741)[4]
- Quli Khan (r. unknown–1752)