1 Death of Hakin Mir-
2 ga, 1580.
3 The emperor's stay
4 at Lahore.
5 The Roshnai sect.
6 The expedition to
7 Swat and Bajour, 1586.
8 TH success.
9 Raja Bir Bal killed in
10 the action.
11 Matrimonial alliance
12 with a Hindu princess.
13 Expedition to Kash-
14 mir,
15 Conquest of KAshmir,
16 1636.
17 Birth of Sultan
18 Khbusrow, 1586.
19 The king visits
20 Kashmir, ~
21 Sri Satguru J agjit Singh J i eLibrary Nam
22 140 HISTORY OF THE PANJAR.
23 Prince Muhammad Hakim Mirza, the king’s half-brother, died at Kébul, and
24 Kanwar Mén Singh, son of Rajé Bhagwan Das, was invested with the chief
25 authority at Kébul. The appointment of a Hindu Rajput as governor over
26 the Afghan population was one of the many proofs of Akber’s daring, yet
27 wise, policy. The emperor now proceeded to the Panjab, sending an escort to
28 Kabul to bring the children of Muhammad Hakim Mirza to Léhore. During
29 his stay at Léhore, Akber organized military expeditions against Kashmir,
30 Swdt and Bajour. A force was also detached under the command of Kanwar
31 M&n Singh to punish the Roshnai Afghans, known by the appellation of Zan-
32 daka Kafars. These were followers of a native of Hindostdén who, assuming
33 the title of Pir Roshnai, converted a large number of people to his creed.
34 On his death, his son, Jalala, succeeded him, and, after staying at the
35 court of Akber for a short time, fled to the country of the Afghans, where
36 he raised the standard of revolt and interrupted the communications between
37 Kabul and India.
38 The expedition to Swat and Bajour was placed under the command of Zen
39 Khan Koka; who was reinforced by troops under Syad Khan Ghakkar, Sheikh
40 Fezi, Mullah Sheri and Sheikh Akil. Hakim Abdul Fatah Gildnd, with several
41 other officers of note, was also sent in the same direction at the head of troops
42 but notwithstanding these precautions, the Afghans fought so desperately
43 that the imperial army sustained a signal defeat, and eight thousand of the
44 troops were killed, including Rajé Bir Bal, the great minister, Mullah Sheri,
45 and other officers of distinction. Zen Khan Koka and Hakim Abdul Fatah
46 succeeded in joiniug the king’s camp at Attock with great difficulty.
47 Kanwar Man Singh, who had been detached against the Roshnai Afghans,
48 met with better success. He defeated the insurgents at the Khyber Pass, and
49 put them to flight with great slaughter. The emperor, after these events,
50 returned from Attock to Léhore, whence he despatched Kanwar Man Singh
51 to Kabul to assume the government of that country. The same year,
52 the prince royal, Muhammad Salem Mirza, was married to the daughter
53 of Rai Singh, a Rajput prince.
54 The expedition to Késhmir, sent under Shah Rukh Mirza, Rajdé Bhag-
55 wau Das and Shah Kuli Khan Mahram, succeeded so far as to secure the
56 monopoly of satiron, and the privilege of coining money in the king’s name,
57 but the army suffered greatly from the snow and heavy rains. The
58 emperor sent fresh contingents under Amirul Bahr Muhammad Kdsim Khan
59 of Kabul, and the country was completely reduced.
60 During the emperor’s residence at Léhore he received the visit of
61 Suleiman Mirza, grandfather of Shah Rukh Mirza, from Kébul, and an
62 ambassador from Abdullah Khan Uzbek. In the year 1586, the peace of
63 the Panjab frontier was again disturbed by Jalala, the leader of the
64 Roshnai sect, who defeated Kanwar Mén Singh in an action, and compelled
65 him to fly to Bangash. The emperor sent reinforcements under Abdul
66 Matélib Khan, Muhammad Kuli Beg and Hamza Beg Turkman, who inflicted
67 a severe defeat on the enemy, and put them to flight with heavy loss.
68 The same year, a son was born to the prince royal at Léhore by the
69 daughter of Rajd Bhagwan Das, and was named Sultan Khusrow. Great
70 rejoicings were made by the emperor on the occasion. In February, 1589,
71 Kanwar Man Singh was recalled from Kabul to Léhore, and Zen Khan Koku,
72 the king’s foster-brother, was sent to the former place to assume the govern-
73 ment of the country. Syed Eusnf Khan Mashhedi was, in the meantime,
74 appointed to the government of Kdshmir in the place of Muhammad Kasim
75 nan, who was recalled. The king now resolved to pay a visit to his newly
76 acquired kingdom of Kdshmir. Accordingly, he left Lahore for Bhimber on
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