The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.134

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The inquiry into the sources and amount of the revenue of Kashmīr had caused deep discontent. Mirzā Yūsuf Khān, the governor, had already reported to Akbar that the assessment which he had proposed was too high, but Akbar had sent two officials to investigate the question, obviously with a view to justifying his demand, and his officers in the province, convinced that if he persisted in levying revenue at the enhanced rate little or nothing would be left for them and their troops, rose in arms and elected as their leader Yādgār, the governor’s cousin. Yādgār assumed the royal title and caused the *khutba* to be recited in his own name. Akbar left Lahore for Kashmīr on 3 July, 1592, and halted at Bhimbar while a force which he had sent in advance dispersed the rebels. Yādgār was captured and put to death and his head was presented to the emperor, who advanced and, on 14 October, entered Srīnagar. Mirzā Yūsuf Khān resigned the government of the province, professing himself unable to administer it under the enhanced assessment, and the whole province was therefore classed as crown land and was placed under the charge of Khvāja Shams-ud-dīn, who had charge of the finances of the Punjab, though it was assigned to the *sūba* of Kābul, as a *sarkār* of that great province. Akbar then left Kashmīr and returned to Lahore on 9 January, 1593.