History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c84.s5.t1.27

v5.c84.s5.t1.27

In the same year took place what was probably the worst fight between the Shias and the Sunnis. The Hassanabad quarter of Srinagar was a Shia stronghold. A resident of it named Abdus Shakur and his sons had done some injury to a Sunni named Sadiq. Their enmity grew into a long-standing quarrel. In the course of it these Shias publicly did some acts and made some remarks designed to insult the memory of the first three Khalifs (who were usurpers, according to Shia theology.) When Sadiq lodged a complaint of blasphemy against these men in the ecclesiastical court, they took refuge with