Trek to Yarkand

    In July 1846, almost four months after British sold Kashmir to Gulab Singh, a Kashmiri nobleman Ahmed Shah Nakshahbandi submitted his assignment to Lord Elphinstone. He had been tasked to write a travelogue to Yarkand, then major trading partner of Kashmir, which he had visited earlier. The significance of the travelogue, offering an aspect … Continue reading Trek to Yarkand