FAMINES IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT, 1500 to 1767
1748: Kashmir dubious report | |
Documented causes: n/a | |
Documented effects: n/a |
R.K. Parmu, "A History Of Muslim Rule In Kashmir 1320-1819" (1969) |
p337: "Kashmir suffered devastating effects of famine and civil strife caused by the followers of Mahtavi Khan in 1748." [Given that Mahtavi Khan had been dead for decades, and does not seem to have had a significant posthumous following, this is likely to be a mistake. However it is quite possible that the famine of 1745-6 was continuing under the unpopular Mughal subedar (governor) Afrasiab Khan, who was at the time facing a potential Afghan invasion] |