द्वितीय राजतरङ्गिणी (जोनराज - कल्हणोत्तर मध्यकालीन कश्मीर का प्रामाणिक इतिहास)

418 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
Jyeṣhṭharudra adorned with various kinds of flowers,
and was greatly surprised. Even Yākobha came to
take refuge at the feet of Jyallāladīna, by whose shoes
Yākobha's head was hallowed. Yākobha took refuge
with the king as he had purposed to do, and the king
made him an attendant of Mānasiṃha. Yākobha re-
mained at the feet of Mānasiṃha, he went out of the
country, and enjoyed the delights which the emperor
bestowed on him. King Jyallāladīna saw the kingdom of
Kashmīra, bestowed it on Yosobha Khāna, and went
away.
Merja Yosobha Khāna was well skilled in serving
the king, he ruled the whole country well according to
the king’s orders; but Jyallāladīna became angry with
him, and gave the possession of Kashmīra to Kāji Āla.
When Kāji Āla sent the annual revenue to the king, the
servants of Merja Yosobha were deprived of their
possessions, and they became like guests in their own
homes. The Kāji gave nothing to any one, nor enjoyed
anything himself, but collected a large quantity of gold
by robbing others, even as mice collect paddy.
Menaced by Kāji Āla, Yosobha Khāna's men went
about hungry, even like tanks in the hot season. The
people of Kashmīra came to rob the heaps of paddy
when they saw it amassed by Kāji Āla ; and the wealth
hoarded by this wicked Kāji caused a quarrel among the
Muggulas themselves. Merja Yādgāra, brother of
Yosobha Khāna, joined the people of Kashmīra with the