Kash·mir (k
Cash·mere (k
sh
mîr
, k
sh-mîr
)
A historical region of northwest India and northeast Pakistan.
Conquered by the Mogul emperor Akbar 1586, it later came under the
control of Afghanistan (1757) and a Sikh empire (1819). After 1846 it
was part of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.
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