Muhammad Murad Kashmiri rose to the status of Haft-hazari and ten thousand sowars, with the title of Rukn-ud-Daula I ‘tiqad Khan Bahadur Farrukh Shahi, and had the sarkar of Moradabad as his suba renamed Rukn-abad. Muhammad Murad entered employment under Mir Malik Husain Khan Jahan Kokaltash the foster-brother of Aurangzib ‘Alamgir. Later, he was attached to the camp of Shah ‘Alam I. It was in the time of Jahandar Shah in 1713 A.C., that his rise began and reached its Climax in that of Farrukh Siyar. Murad was second Mir Tuzuk or Marshal of the Empire of Delhi. The emperor said one day to the great nobles in darbar : “You have heard, have you not, I ‘tiqad khan is related to my exalted mother.” Murad became an enemy to the intrigues of the Sayyid Brothers in his loyalty to Farrukh Siyar, and was imprisoned in Sayyid Husain ‘Ali’s house. On the 12th of Ramazan 1139 A.H. (2nd May 1717 A.C.), Murad died in Delhi at the age of seventy two.
Immigration of the Nehrus.
In Farrukh Siyar’s time, Pandit Raj Kaul, a scholar of Sanskrit and Persian, attracted the notice of the emperor during the royal visit to Kashmir. At the emperor ‘s instance the family of Raj Kaul migrated to Delhi about 1716, and later came to be known as the Nehru family of Allahabad and produced Pandit Moti Lal Nehru and his son Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru.
Reference:
Sufi,G.M.D (1996). Kashmir Under The Mughals. Kashir: Being A History Of Kashmir(pp.288-289) Delhi:Capital Publishing House.
