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Akbar and the Kashmiri Idiots (How Kashmir came to become a part of India)
by Guest Sat May 21, 2016 11:04 pm
the last independent king of Kashmir in medieval India was a man called Yusuf Shah Chak. After having lost his kingdom due to internecine warfare, Yusuf appeared before Akbar and requested Akbar's help in regaining his kingdom. Akbar agreed to this. But then the nobility in Kashmir, fearing a mughal invasion, sent a message to Yusuf saying they would help restore the kingdom to him if he returned to Kashmir by himself.
Yusuf decided to return to Kashmir all by himself; he was greeted by his supporters who helped him regain his kingdom. Now there was a problem since Yusuf wanted to rule as an independent king, but Akbar thought Yusuf should be beholden to him. After all, the Kashmiri nobels had agreed to side with Yusuf only when they came to know that Akbar had threw in his lot with Yusuf.
Since Yusuf's attitude was coming across as too recalcitrant, he was subjected to mughal craftiness. He was invited for talks and discussions by Akbar; and when he came he was not permitted to return to Kashmir. Instead he was exiled to Bihar where he died. Note that Akbar did not kill Yusuf; instead he made Yusuf a member of the Mughal nobility.
The result of Akbar's subterfuge was that Kashmir was absorbed into the Mughal empire in the 16th century, and it was never independent after this. It remained a part of the mughal empire, then became a part of the Sikh empire, and finally came to be a part of British India.
So Kashmiri idiots who claim that Kashmir has always been independent need to be given a dose of history.
Yusuf decided to return to Kashmir all by himself; he was greeted by his supporters who helped him regain his kingdom. Now there was a problem since Yusuf wanted to rule as an independent king, but Akbar thought Yusuf should be beholden to him. After all, the Kashmiri nobels had agreed to side with Yusuf only when they came to know that Akbar had threw in his lot with Yusuf.
Since Yusuf's attitude was coming across as too recalcitrant, he was subjected to mughal craftiness. He was invited for talks and discussions by Akbar; and when he came he was not permitted to return to Kashmir. Instead he was exiled to Bihar where he died. Note that Akbar did not kill Yusuf; instead he made Yusuf a member of the Mughal nobility.
The result of Akbar's subterfuge was that Kashmir was absorbed into the Mughal empire in the 16th century, and it was never independent after this. It remained a part of the mughal empire, then became a part of the Sikh empire, and finally came to be a part of British India.
So Kashmiri idiots who claim that Kashmir has always been independent need to be given a dose of history.
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