The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c24.99

v3.c24.99

The affectation of racial superiority by the Mughuls gave great offence to the natives of Kashmīr, and in 1551 Haidar's officers at Bāramūla, where a mixed force proceeding to restore order in the eastern districts was encamped, warned him that the Kashmīrī officers were meditating mischief. Mīrzā Haidar, though he received confirmation of their report from the Mākarīs, always his staunch allies, committed the fatal error of mistrusting his own officers, whom he accused of contentiousness. The force continued its march from Bāramūla, the Mughuls were surrounded in the mountains, eighty officers were slain, others were captured, and a few escaped to Baramgalla. The outrage was followed by a rising throughout the provinces, where Mughul officers were either slain or compelled to flee.