The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c24.85
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c24.85
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The mother of the two young princes was a Sayyid, and the king, after the death of Malik Ahmad, selected her father as his minister. The Sayyids became, for a time, all powerful in the state, Malik Yārī Bhat was imprisoned and many other nobles fled from the valley of Kashmīr. Among these was Jahāngīr, chief of the Mākū clan, who established himself in the fortress of Loharkot.