Kashmirs First Pilgrim
Abd al-Karm ibn Khwja qibat Mamd al-Kashmr was waiting in Delhi for a visa to Makkah when Nadir Shahs invasion of 1739 swept him into one of the most extraordinary careers of the 18th century. He became Persias roving ambassador across the Ottoman world and, ultimately, a pilgrim who reached the Kaaba via one of []