Kashmir history and archieves

14/08/2022

Seth Jamal

17/10/2021

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan's kashmiri geneology
( Tracing Sir Syed's Kashmiri Ancestory )
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1) Syed Syed Ahmed Khan wrote a biography of his grand father ,published in 1886 ,in which he traces back his ancestory from Kashmir .

2) In the biography ,"Seerat - e - Fareediya "
pp.3 ,he has written about his 1000 year old geneology .

3) His 6th - great grand - father , Khwaja Abdul Aziz ,was a kashmiri silk merchant ,he came to Dehli and established a silk factory there .

4) Khawaja Ashraf was grandson of Khawaja Abdul aziz and his son was Khawaja Farid ud din Ahmed Khan Bahadur .

5) Khawaja Farid ud din Khan bahadur got married in another Kashmir tribe of Khawaja Abdullah Ahrar .

6) Sir Syed was grand son of Khawaja Farid ud din Khan Bahadur ,since he was orphaned very early ,so his grand father adopted him .

7) Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan in his on writings including his bilingual journal The Loyal Mohamedans of India (Vol. I; 1860) : Khawaja Fariduddin's Khan bahadurs eldest daughter Azeenunisa was married to Sayyid
Mohammad Muttaqi in 1805.( He was his relative it seems ? )

9) With the financial help of another ,kashmir nawab ,Khawaja Salimullah ( Nawab of Dhaka - later Founder of all India muslim league) ,he Established Aligarh Muslim university.
( https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=314558723301253&id=100042413824806)
10)Note : I am still exploring more facts on it and will publish it soon ,you may add you information \ negation or criticism in the comment section .
Further reading :
1) Tarikh e yaafi
2) Safinat ul awliya
3) Tabqat ul qubra
4) Seerat e Fareediya - 1886
5 ) Bilingual journal The Loyal Mohamedans of India (Vol. I; 1860

DrAshraf Kashmiri
Email : drashrafshafikashmiri@gmail.com

14/02/2021

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13/02/2021

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13/02/2021

Travel guide

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13/10/2020

Abdul Samad Kakroo - Baramullah
( Ra'iees e Kashmir (1850* - 1921) Pen name : Muqbil (Educationist ,landlord , philanthropist,poet & politico- social activist )
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1) Caste : kai-gohar - ghakhar- kokhars and finally settled as " Kokarr "
Gakhars or kokurrs came from Iran- Sassanian persian area
The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition of 1911 states that “the Ghakkars seem to represent an early wave of conquest from the east, and they still inhabit the whole eastern slope of the district.

2) Ancestory : 2400 years before Sultan Kaid Kaighor ( son of Kaighor ) was Ruler of Punjab - It was during era of zainulabideen Budshah ,kokkars settled down in kashmir .

A) According to Gakhar history “Kaygawharnāma” by Rāyzāda Dunīchand Bālī which was written in 1725."The “Kaygawharnāma” claims the Gakhars were Sassanian Persian nobles who, with their knights, went beyond the northeast frontier of the Sassanian empire. seeking lands in China, Tibet and Kashmir. Gakhars therefore use the ancient royal Persian title “Kay or “Kayani as did the Sassanian aristocracy .

3) Raja Jasrat Khan Ghakar was friend of Budshah of kashmir ,he invited him to settle in kashmir to escape wrath of politicle upheavals of that era .

5) Khawaja Abdul Samad Kakroo son Ali Kakroo was decendent of Raja Jasrat

6)Abdul Samad Kakroo was founding member of was a founder-member of first muslim educationol organization of Asia All-India Muslim Educational Conference and infact founding members of All-India Muslim League.

5) Against british Imperialism : He had participated in the annual meeting of the Muslim League in 1906 at Dhaka under Founder of Muslim league Nawab Salim ullah kashmiri - In this meeting Khawaja had voiced strongly against the British atrocities.

6) Educational Scholarship : He introduced educationol scholarship for kashmiri studebt irrespective of religious creed .

7) Centaur Hotel : He gifted an island to Hari- Singh ,where he used to rare up his pigeon ( it was known as kabootar khana then ( koturr baazi was his hobby it seems )

8) Shodi Pa"end on other side of Makhdoom sahib : He gifted Shodi Pa'end to cannabis smoker Darveshes .

9)He was among the founding member of
Anjuman-i-Himayat-i-Islam ("The Association for the Support of Islam") ,which was an Islamic intellectual and social welfare organisation in 1880s ,founded by Hameed-ud-Din.
( Check who were kashmiri nawabs :
https://www.facebook.com/117030590127136/posts/125395259290669/ )

10) Allama Iqbal : He was close friend of Allama Iqbal and Sir Syed Khan, Allama Shibli Nomani, Dr. Ansari, Maulana Hali, Hakim Muhammad Ajmal Khan, Nawab Salimullah of Dhaka, Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar, Maulana Shaukat Ali, Maulana Jafar Ali, Nawab Muhsinul Mulk, Nawab Waqarul Mulk, Maulana Hasrat Mohani, Maulwi Syed Mir Hassan Shah Sialkoti .

11) Abdul Samad Kakroo was follower and friend of Allama Anwar Shah of Kashmir. Infact it was at the request of Khawaja Samad that Allama established a Darul Uloom, Madrasa Faiz-e Aam at Baramulla.

10) He died in 1921 - Allama Iqbal was so moved by the loss of his dearest friend ,that he walked down the stream for 2 days to reach baramullah and attend fateha ceremony of his friend and patron and wrote obituary
" Andhera Samad ka maka’n ho Gaya
Woh khursheed roshan neha’n hoo Gaya
Nahi baag Kashmir mai’n woh bahar
Nazar say joo woh gul niha’n Gaya
It may be read as translated by Dr Javid Iqbal
Darkened lies the abode of Samad
Noted by absence is sun, the bright
So too spring in garden of Kashmir
With flower of it is no more in sight

Resource person : DrAshraf Kashmiri
drashrafshafikashmiri@gmail.com
Whatsapp. +966544942040

24/08/2020

Begar - Bonded labor during dogra era .

25/03/2020

Kashmir and epidemic( Javid Makhdoomi)
After "Harud" (autumn) many Kashmiris, as per past practice, would migrate to planes of Punjab and engage in daily labour to mitigate pathetic poverty. During last week of March, 1926 while the labourers were returning back from Punjab, plague suddenly descended on a village located near Sangam (earstwhile district Anantnag). Almost every household got affilicted and contributed in the surge of number of dead. The epidemic started to spread its ugly tentacles to neighborhood i.e, Marhama. The administration responded to the worsening situation by deploying police, doctors and para-medics who promptly established pickets outside affected villages. As a part of administrative action more than two dozen houses and a mosque were set on fire. Ingress and egress was strictly regulated which helped in improving the situation.

22/03/2020

History of epidemics in Kashmir :
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16/03/2020

On 16 March ,every kashmiri was sold to gulab Singh dogra @3 nanak shahi rupee per person by British -
British must apologise to our nation .

16/03/2020

25 lac Kashmir sold for 75 lac rupees
March 16 1846: A nation sold by British
For just seventy five lakh was sold to Maharaja Gulab Singh, an area of 84,471 sq. miles and 2½ million people along with their hopes, aspiration, dreams

16/03/2020

First college of Astronomy in Kashmir ( 1915) :"Parimahal"– Prince Dara Shukh established residential college of metaphysics and astronomy and named it Kasb-I-Mah (acquisition of moon ) up at chasma shahi locally known as Pari mahal. Wife of dara shukh pari begum( Nadira begum) donated her jewellery for its construction .
Look at the legacy ,we had .