Sham S.Misri
Afghan Governors of Kashmir (1753-1820) reigned with terror. Kashmiri Muslims invited the Afghans to take over the administration of the valley. This was the greatest blunder that they did. People began to be looted and killed. Petty Afghan soldiers amassed wealth by the foulest means. Most of the well to do people of the valley were summoned by the Governor to his palace, and ordered to surrender all their wealth on pain of death. There was complete gloom and despair on every side. All the prosperity of the valley was gone, and the people could not even move on the streets, for fear of being robbed of even their scanty clothing.
Kashmirs got a rude shock when they witnessed the first acts of barbarity at the hands
of Afghans.
Agar Khan was one of the old
Pathan governors of Kashmir. In his time affairs arrived at a crisis. The army
had rebelled, and the treasury was empty. To support his family and servants he
parted with his jewels and other treasures, and yet all through this time of
distress he was keeping a favorite elephant. When he could no longer feed the
pet beast, he let it go to wander whither it pleased.
Then Agar Khan said; “Agar Khanun
hustu lustu tah lustu; lustu nah tah khustu”.
Should Agar Khan's elephant live,
it lives; and if it does not live, then never mind.
Some people are so little
respected, that it does not much matter whether they live or die.
Another time Agar Khan was reduced to such distress that he was glad to take shelter
in a little broken-down hut and slept there.
The people of Kashmir
who are full of humor said,” Agar Khan Tsayov gagar waji, tatih no mijis kum-yaji”
Agar Khan entered
into a rat's hole, and there he did not get, even, a bran-cake.
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