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- 162 - THE REVOLT OF AZAD KHAN, THE GOVERNOR OF KASHMIR THE ACTION OF H. M. TIMOUR SHAH AGAINST HIM. ARTICLE FORTY SECOND From the time of His Majesty Ahmed Shah upto the time of Nawab Jabbar Khan, who was the governor of Kashmir, the Afghan governors of that province designated governors, or Administrative officers or merely officers of the kingdom of Afghanistan had each and everyone of them raised their heads in revolt against the central government as rulers of Kashmir. Such governors as Abdullah Khan Alkozai, Shair Mohamed Khan Bamizai, Atta Mohamed Khan Bamziai, and Sirdar Mohamed Azeem Khan did so. Nor was that all, because some of them had with held the revenue of the province. One of such persons is Azad Khan son of Haji Karim Dad Khan, who after the death of his father became governor of Kashmir. We give here the story of his revolt and the punishment which he received at the hands of His Majesty Timour Shah. * * * The last of the governors of Kashmir appointed by His Majesty Ahmed Shah Durrani was one Haji Karim Dad Khan Arz Baigi. He ruled over Kashmir during the last years of the reign of the Afghan emperor Ahmed Shah Durrani. The death of this governor of Kashmir took place at about the time of the first ascending to the throne of Ahmed Shah's son Timour Shah. The new king appointed the son of the deceased Governor of Kashmir in place of his father. Azad Khan was a great warrior, very resourceful and even rather inclined to insolence. As soon as he became the governor of Kashmir, he felt himself drunk with power and saw dreams of his own greatness. He thought of making himself independent, and by giving large sums of money to the commanders of the army he won them over to his side. Also he enrolled three thousand Kashmiree Indians into his army, and raised the standard of revolt