Kashmir the story full documentary (The history of Kashmir) : India, Pakistan and China

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel thanks for the share of the most informative, Interesting.

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Thank you, my friend PO1 William "Chip" Nagel for sharing The history of Kashmir documentary for those who are not familiar with that regions history.

Here is a summary from http://ikashmir.net/mmmunshi/mongols.html
King Tra-shi-gon (1200-1230 ) was ruling Ladakh [Kasmir] "when Gengis Khan was consolidating his Great Mongol empire. There is no mention of Ladakh having been subjugated by Gengis Khan not even mention of the Mongol conqueror in Ladakhi Chronicles."
As far as northern India was concerned the aggression started in the time of Gengis Khan who defeated Jalaluddin Mangbarni son of Sultan Said Khan of Khwarizm on the west bank of Indus in 1221. Although he never crossed the Indus himself, yet some of his followers penetrated in pursuit of Jalaluddin After they began to hover over the north western plains of India. Lahore fell to them in 1241 and they harried Multan, northern Sind and Punjab.Balban punished and routed them. 1n 1290 Jalaluddin Khilji repelled their intrusion, then he appeased them and made them settle at Mongolpuri at present informally called Mangalpuri. It is this Mongolpuri B.N.Sharga refers in support of his claim that Mongols reached Delhi via Kashmir.That of course did not guarantee peace they repeated pillaging and disaster and led fresh aggression in 1297 under their leader Qutlugh during the rule of Allauddin Khilji and threatened northern India but were somehow repulsed.. They again appeared in 1303,devastated Punjab and laid siege to Delhi Then they suddenly withdrew presumably they were recalled by grandsons of Gengis Khan who were in Afganistan-Turkemaenstan. area. In all probability some of them found their way into Kashmir. Kashmir was not unknown to them and had been included by Ogatay the third son of Gengis Khan and latter by Halakhu [Tabakat Nasiri Raverty’s trans.) History of Mongols III ] But then it had escaped.The earliest Mongol invasion of Kashmir in historic times took place in the early summer of 1320 during the rule of King Sahadeva Infact Mongols penetrated Kashmir from the plains of north India and not the plains of north India or Delhi from Kashmir as envisaged by B.N.Sharga. The invasion was led by Mongol chief Dulacha who entered Kashmir via Baramula route with about seventeen thousand horses and foot. Raja Sahadeva and his government were paralyzed by fright and tried to save off ruin by offering gratifications to Dulacha, but he spurned the offer and moved with a passion of wholesale annihilation destruction and devastation of the valley. It appears that he came to know Delhi was suddenly taken in the grip of a civil war. Sultan Mubarak Shah was assassinated and Khusrav Khan had ascended a precarious throne and wanted to take advantage of the situation and decided to proceed to Delhi via the shortest possible Banihal route carrying with huge booty of men women as slaves, animals and whatever fell into his hands . But as soon as they were crossing Banihal pass they were suddenly caught in a blizzard in which all of them perished.
After the death of Rinchan Shah the Ladakhi prince in 1323 Udyanadeva a cousin of Sahadeva was installed as the king who also married Rinchan’s widow Kota Rani a second Mongol invasion of Kashmir led by Achala took place. At the approach of the enemy King Udyanadeva like a coward fled to Ladakh leaving behind his family and subjects to their fate.
But Kota Rani like a woman rose to the occasion, she enthused her subjects and also enlisted the help of Kotarajas (feudal lords) and Shahmir a muslim refugee of Iranian origin and offered battle to the invaders.
By offering united opposition to the enemy they trumpeted and saved their country. After the death of Udyanadeva in 1339 Shahmir proclaimed himself as Sultan and muslim rule was established in Kashmir, his descendants ruled Kashmir till middle of sixteenth century."
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