Think, who gave the weapons to Kabali forces? Who was leading them?
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Mohammad Hasan Qureshi says he saw hundreds of Pathans with axes and swords
"We stayed up all night, waiting. They came in the morning - just before daybreak. There were hundreds of them. Most of them carried axes and swords. Some had muskets, others just sticks. The Maharaja's guards at the barrier had vanished."
First clashes took place on their way down to Muzaffarabad, some 8km (5 miles) of steep descent.
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This 1947 picture shows Pathan tribesmen waiting for trucks and more ammunition as they prepare to go into battle
Flushed with victory, the tribesmen got down to wanton looting and arson.
"They plundered the state armoury, set entire markets on fire and looted their goods," Mr Rahman says.
"They shot everyone who couldn't recite the kalima - the Arabic-language Muslim declaration of faith. Many non-Muslim women were enslaved, while many others jumped in the river to escape capture."
The streets were littered with signs of mayhem - broken buildings, broken shop furniture, the ashes of burnt goods and dead bodies, including those of tribal fighters, state soldiers and local men and women. There were also bodies floating in the river.
The raiders spent about three days in Muzaffarabad before sense prevailed and the leaders urged them to move on towards Srinagar, the state capital some 170km to the east.
From here, one column drove in trucks down the Jhelum river, breezing past Uri and reaching Baramulla where another round of looting and arson ensued.
Witnesses tell the BBC how men with sticks and axes started one of the world's longest conflicts.
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