Ayaz Nazki and His 'Bebooj Nama'

Ayaz Rasool Nazki’s Bebooj Nama: Kashmir History – Selected Readings resurrects a long-suppressed Kashmiri narrative by treating folklore, satire, mock-epics and street theatre as historical sources. Drawing on Hameed-ullah Shahabadi’s nineteenth-century satirical epic on Sikh-era misrule, Nazki exposes Mughal, Afghan, Sikh and Dogra oppression, the brutality of tax regimes and the silencing of popular voices, while his English translation opens this archival treasure to contemporary scholars and younger readers alike.