When the report went to the Governor, he summoned him. Sapru” as per the document, had held the revenue in arrears, having expended the money in marriages, etc. According to this document, one Sahaz Ram Sapru was in charge of the revenue of Kashmir during the regime of Afghan Governor, Azim Khan (1813-1819). Parimu had been assigned the task of organizing and listing the Persian records for the state government in the J&K State Record office in Jammu, he stumbled upon a paper among the Persian documents. Parimu, the author of “History of Muslim Rule in Kashmir”, provided a vital clue to Iqbal’s ancestory.
Another difficulty to trace roots of Sapru family in Kashmir is the lack of tradition to maintain geneology, among Kashmiri Pandits.
Saprus, even if all of them hailed from this village, have been living in Srinagar city for more than five centuries. The claim that Iqbal’s family originally hailed from ‘Saprain’ a village on Shopian-Kulgam road, lacks historical data. However, there were few details on how his ancestors came to settle down in Sialkot. That Iqbal came from Kashmiri Brahmin stock was well-known. Sir Sheikh Mohammad Iqbal, who subsequently became famous as Allama Mohammed Iqbal was born in Sialkot on November 9, 1877. ARTICLE BY DR.RAMESH KUMAR BASED ON INPUTS PROVIDED BY RAJKISHORI RAWAL ,WHO HAD TREMENDOUS MEMORY AND COULD PROVIDE THE MINUTEST DETAILĪllama Iqbal-Searching for Pandit Roots,KASHMIR SENTINAL,May 2003 Issue |
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