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1586–1752

Flag of Mughal Kashmir

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

Elaborately illustrated map of the Kashmir Subah of the Mughal Empire, commissioned by Jean Baptiste Joseph Gentil, ca.1770

Status

CapitalSrinagar
Common languages
Religion
Demonym(s)
GovernmentDependent later self governing viceroyalty under Mughal Empire
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
LegislatureMughal Darbar
Historical eraEarly modern period
10 October 1586
1752
Area
163822,000 km2 (8,500 sq mi)
Currency
Preceded by Succeeded by
Kashmir Sultanate
Durrani Empire
Today part of

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. The province ceased to exist when Durrani forces, under Ahmed Shah Abdali, entered Kashmir in 1752 and captured Quli Khan, the last Mughal Subahdar.

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.[1]

  • Qulich Kulbah Khan (r. 1606–1609)[2]
  • Ahmad Beg Khan (r. 1615–1618)[2]
  • Zaffar Khan (r. 1633–1640)[2]
  • Ali Mardan Khan (r. 1642, 1650–1657)[2]
  • Saif Khan (r. 1664–1667)[2]
  • Mubarez Khan (r. 1667–1668)[2]
  • Iftikhar Khan (r. 1671–1675)[3][2]
  • Muzafer Khan (r. 1690–1692)[2]
  • Fazal Khan (r. 1698–1701)[2]
  • Ibrahim Khan (r. 1701–1706)[2]
  • Inayatullah Kashmiri (r. 1712–unknown)[2]
  • Mir Ahmad Khan (r. unknown–1720)[2]
  • Abdul Samad (r. 1720–1723)[2]
  • Fakar-ud-Daula[2]
  • Ati Ullah Khan (r. 1739–1741)[2]
  • Quli Khan (r. unknown–1752)
  1. ^ Saran, Parmatma (1941). The Provincial Government of the Mughals, 1526–1658. Kitabistan.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Bakshi, S. R. (1997). Kashmir: History and People. Kashmir Through Ages. Vol. 1. Sarup & Sons. pp. 126–133. ISBN 978-81-85431-96-3. OCLC 40452761. OL 13177434M.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Singh, Trilochan (1967). "XXII". Guru Tegh Bahadur, Prophet and Martyr: A Biography. Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. pp. 293–300.