History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c84.s5.t1.7

v5.c84.s5.t1.7

So backward were the people in civilisation that even the upper classes of Kashmiris were deemed unfit to be employed in the imperial service as mansabdars, till near the end of Aurangzib's reign. We learn that it was only in 1699 that the Emperor was first induced by the then subahdar to appoint people of Kashmir as mansabdars in any appreciable number.