1st Edition

Kashmir Under the Sultans

By Mohibbul Hasan Copyright 2024
370 Pages
by Routledge

370 Pages
by Routledge

370 Pages
by Routledge

Kashmir Under Sultans  introduces the reader to a subject that begins with the foundation of the Sultanate and ends with the conquest of Kashmir by Akbar. During the Sultanate period, Kashmir had achieved a high standard of culture, but with the disappearance of her independence, her culture gradually declined. Poets, painters, and scholars had to leave the Valley and seek their livelihood... Read more

Preface

Abbreviations Used in Citing References to Sources

Note on Transliteration

Introduction by Muhammad Ishaq Khan

1. Sources

2. The Geography of Kashmir

3. The Foundation of the Sultanate

4. Sultan Shamsuíd-Din and his Successors

5. Zainu’l-i-Abidin the Great

6. Dynastic Troubles and Rebellions

7. Mirza Haidar Dughlat and his Conquest of Kashmir

8. End of the Shah Mir Dynasty and the Chak Ascendancy

9. Yusuf Shah and Akbar

10. Fall of the Sultanate

11. The Administrative System

12. Social and Economic Conditions

13. Cultural Activities

14. Conclusion

Appendices

A. The Nurbakhshiya Sect of Kashmir

B. Currency, Coinage, Weights and Measures

C. The Chronology and Genealogy of the Sultans of Kashmir

D. Bibliography

Index

Biography

A leading historian, the late Professor Mohibbul Hasan taught History at the Department of Islamic History, University of Calcutta, Aligarh Muslim University, and the University of Kashmir, Srinagar. He founded the history department at the Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi and was the first history professor at the University.