The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c24.114

v3.c24.114

The remainder of the reign produced the usual crop of rebellions, but none so serious as those which had already been suppressed. His chief anxiety, henceforth, was the emperor. He was indebted to him for no material help, but he would not have regained his throne so easily, and might not have regained it at all, had it not been known that Akbar was prepared to aid him. The historians of the imperial court represent him, after his restoration, as Akbar’s governor of Kashmīr, invariably describing him as Yūsuf *Khān*, and he doubtless made, as a suppliant, many promises of which no trustworthy record exists. His view was that as he had regained his throne without the aid of foreign troops he was still an independent sovereign, but he knew that this was not the view held at the imperial court, where he was expected to do homage in person for his kingdom. In 1581 Akbar, then halting at Jalālābād on his return from Kābul, sent Mīr Tāhir and Sālih Dīvāna as envoys to Kashmīr, but Yūsuf, after receiving the mission with extravagant respect, sent to court his son Haidar, who returned after a year. His failure to appear in person was still the subject of remark and in 1584 he sent his elder son, Ya‘qūb, to represent him. Ya‘qūb reported that Akbar intended to visit Kashmīr, and Yūsuf prepared, in fear and trembling, to receive him, but the visit was postponed, and he was called upon to receive nobody more important than two new envoys, Hakīm ‘Alī Gīlānī and Bahā-ud-dīn.