The Institutes of Akbar 257.2

257.2

Kh.’s Mutaqaddís (revenue clerks) fled to court, and stated that the revenue should be 50 per cent. (dah-pánzdah) higher, and the kharwár should be valued at 28 dáms. M. Y. Kh. informed Akbar that so high an assessment was an impossibility; but Akbar sent Qází Núrullah and Qází ’Alí to Kashmír, to report on the revenue. As M. Y. Khán’s people assumed a threatening attitude, Núrullah returned, and Akbar sent Hasan Beg Shaikh ’Umarí (No. 167) to Kashmír. On his arrival, some of M. Y. Kh.’s people made a conspiracy, and stirred up the malcontents of the country, who collected under Yádgár, the son of M. Y. Kh.’s uncle. The disturbances became so serious, that Qází ’Alí and Hasan Beg returned to Hindústán; but the rebels blockaded the roads, and killed Qází ’Alí. Hasan Beg escaped, not without wounds. Yádgár then read the khutbah in his name, and had dies prepared for striking coins. Several bad omens foreshadowed his speedy ruin. Without having any knowledge of this rebellion, Akbar revisited Kashmír; but when he was informed of the state of the country, he put M. Y. Kh. under the charge of Abulfazl. Yádgár in vain tried to oppose Akbar at the frontier passes, and fled from Srínagar to Hírapúr, where some of M. Y. Kh.’s men spread at night the rumour that Akbar had suddenly arrived. In the confusion which ensued, Yádgár fled outside of the camp, accompanied by a servant of the name of Yúsuf. His camp was plundered, and M. Y.