Ḥaydar Malik

Ḥaydar Malik ibn Ḥasan Malik Čārvara (Čādvara) was a nobleman in the service of one of the last independent rulers of Kashmir. When Mughal Emperor Akbar annexed Kashmir, Ḥaydar Malik accompanied his master in banishment to Bengal. In 1016/1607, he protected Mehr al-Nisā, who later became Nūr Jahān and a powerful player in Jahāngīr’s (see Jahāngīr) harem. He won Jahāngīr’s favor and was later appointed to the governorship of Kashmir. Ḥaydar Malik’s only known work is Tārīḫ-i Kašmīr, completed ca. 1030/1620–1. Tārīḫ-i Kašmīr is a history of Kashmir from its earliest times until Akbar’s conquest