The Sarkar of Kashmir (

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: ), later the Subah of Kashmir (

: ), was a province of the

Mughal Empire The Mughal Empire was an Early modern period, early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to ...

encompassing the

Kashmir region Kashmir ( or ) is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term ''Kashmir'' denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. The term has sinc ...

, now divided between Pakistan (

Muzaffarabad division The Muzaffarabad Division () is a first-order administrative division of the Pakistani–administered territory of Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of ...

) and India (

Kashmir division The Kashmir division is a revenue and administrative division of the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir ...

). It was separated from the Kabul Subah and was made into an imperial province under administrative reforms carried out by emperor

Shah Jahan Shah Jahan I, (Shahab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram; 5 January 1592 – 22 January 1666), also called Shah Jahan the Magnificent, was the Emperor of Hindustan from 1628 until his deposition in 1658. As the fifth Mughal emperor, his reign marked the ...

in 1648. The province ceased to exist when

Durrani The Durrānī (, ), formerly known as Abdālī (), are one of the largest Pashtun tribes, tribal confederation of Pashtuns. Their traditional homeland is in southern Afghanistan (Loy Kandahar region), straddling into Toba Achakzai in Balochistan, ...

forces, under

Ahmed Shah Abdali Ahmad Shāh Durrānī (; ; – 4 June 1772), also known as Ahmad Shāh Abdālī (), was the first ruler and founder of the Durrani Empire. He is often regarded as the founder of modern Afghanistan. Throughout his reign, Ahmad Shah fought ov ...

, entered Kashmir in 1752 and captured Quli Khan, the last Mughal Subahdar.

Geography

The Kashmir Subah was bordered on the north by the

Maqpon Kingdom Skardu (, Tibetan script: སྐར་མདོ, ) is a city located in Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kas ...

Baltistan Baltistan (); also known as Baltiyul or Little Tibet, is a mountainous region in the Pakistani-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan and constitutes a northern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a dispute bet ...

, to the east by the Namgyal Kingdom of

Ladakh Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes an eastern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a Kashmir#Kashmir dispute, dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and India an ...

, to the west by the Kabul Subah, the south by

Lahore Subah Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is the second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and 27th largest in the world, with a population of over 14 million. Lahore is one of Pakistan ...

, and to the south east by the semi autonomous hill states of

Jammu Jammu () is a city in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute ...

List of governors

* Qulich Kulbah Khan () * Ahmad Beg Khan () * Zaffar Khan () *

Ali Mardan Khan Ali Mardan Khan (; died 2 April 1657) was a Kurdish military leader and administrator, serving under the Safavid kings Shah Abbas I and Shah Safi, and later the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan. He was the son of Ganj Ali Khan. After surrendering th ...

() * Saif Khan () * Mubarez Khan () *

Iftikhar Khan Mohammad Iftikhar Khan (; 10 January 1909 — 13 December 1949) also known as ''Ifti'', was a two-star general in the Pakistan Army serving as GOC 10th Division. Prior to the Partition of British India, he was an officer in the British India ...

() *

Hifzullah Khan Hifzullah Khan was a Punjabi Muslim Mughal administrator who was appointed governor of several Mughal provinces during the reign of Aurangzeb Alamgir in the late 17th century. He was a son of the famous Mughal Grand Vizier Sa'adullah Khan. He rem ...

() * Muzafer Khan () * Fazal Khan () * Ibrahim Khan () * Inayatullah Kashmiri () * Mir Ahmad Khan () * Abdul Samad () * Fakar-ud-Daula * Ati Ullah Khan () * Quli Khan ()

References

{{reflist Mughal subahs Political history of Kashmir