Mughal Kashmir

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.

Sarkar of Kashmir Subah of Kashmir
1586–1752
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
Status	Sarkar of the Kabul Subah of Mughal Empire–(1586–1648) Subah of the Mughal Empire–(1648–1752)
Capital	Srinagar
Common languages	Persian (official) Kashmiri (official) Arabic (religious) Hindustani (lingua franca)
Religion	Sunni Islam (official) Shia Islam Hinduism and other Indian religions
Demonym(s)	Kashmiri
Government	Dependent later self governing viceroyalty under Mughal Empire Faujdari with a divisional government under Kabul authority (1586–1648) Subahdari with a provincial government (1648–1752)
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
• Battle of Hastivanj	10 October 1586
• Annexed by Durrani Empire	1752
Area
• 1601	11,229[1] sq mi (29,080 km2)
Currency	Gold Mohur Silver Rupiya Copper Dam
Preceded by Succeeded by Kashmir Sultanate Durrani Empire
Today part of	India Pakistan

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

• Qulich Kulbah Khan (r. 1606–1609)^[3]
• Ahmad Beg Khan (r. 1615–1618)^[3]
• Zaffar Khan (r. 1633–1640)^[3]
• Ali Mardan Khan (r. 1642, 1650–1657)^[3]
• Saif Khan (r. 1664–1667)^[3]
• Mubarez Khan (r. 1667–1668)^[3]
• Iftikhar Khan (r. 1671–1675)^[4][3]
• Hifzullah Khan (r. 1686–1690)^[5]
• Muzafer Khan (r. 1690–1692)^[3]
• Fazal Khan (r. 1698–1701)^[3]
• Ibrahim Khan (r. 1701–1706)^[3]
• Inayatullah Kashmiri (r. 1712–unknown)^[3]
• Mir Ahmad Khan (r. unknown–1720)^[3]
• Abdul Samad (r. 1720–1723)^[3]
• Fakar-ud-Daula^[3]
• Ati Ullah Khan (r. 1739–1741)^[3]
• Quli Khan (r. unknown–1752)