Zayn al-Abidin the Great

Zayn al-Abidin
زين العابدين
Sasnu coin issued by Zayn al-Abidin, c. 1464
Sultan of Kashmir
Reign20 February 1418 – December 1419
Coronation20 February 1418
PredecessorAli Shah
SuccessorAli Shah
Reign7 July 1420 – 5 April 1470
Coronation7 July 1420
PredecessorAli Shah
SuccessorHaider Shah
Wazir of Kashmir
In office
30 December 1416 – 20 February 1418
MonarchAli Shah
Preceded byHamsa Bhat
Succeeded byoffice suspended
BornShahi Khan
25 November 1395
Srinagar, Kashmir Sultanate (present-day Jammu and Kashmir, India)
Died5 April 1470
Srinagar, Kashmir Sultanate (present-day Jammu and Kashmir, India)
Burial12 April 1470
Mazar-e-Salatin, Zaina Kadal, Srinagar, Kashmir Sultanate
ConsortTaj Khatun
IssueAdham Khan
Haji Khan
Hasan Khan
Bahram Khan
Jasrat Khan
two daughters
Names
Ghiyath al-Din Shah Rukh Shahi Khan
غیاث الدین شاہ رخ شاہی خان
Zayn al-Abidin
زین العابدین
Regnal name
  • Qutb al-Din Abu al-Mujahid al-Adil us-Sultan[1]
  • قطب الدین ابو المجاہد العادل السلطان
Posthumous name
Akbar-e-Kashmir (Akbar of Kashmir)
HouseShah Mir
DynastyGibari (disputed)
FatherSikandar Shah Miri
MotherMira Khatun
ReligionSunni Islam
(Shafi)

Ghiyath al-Din Shah Rukh Shahi Khan (Persian: غیاث الدین شاہ رخ شاہی خان, romanizedGhiyāth al-Dīn Shāh Rukh Shāhī Khān; 25 November 1395 – 5 April 1470), commonly known as Zayn al-Abidin[a] the Great,[2] was the ninth sultan of the Kashmir Sultanate, ruling first from 1418 to 1419 and then from 1420 to 1470. He was famously called Budshah (Great King) by his subjects.[3][4]

The first 35 years of his reign are described by Jonaraja in the Rajatarangini Dvitiya, while the subsequent years are described by his pupil, Srivara, in the Rajatarangini Tritiya.[3] The Sultan also composed poetry in Persian under the pen name of Qutb.[5]

Under half a century of Zayn al-Abidin's rule, Kashmir enjoyed a stable economy, which led to a commercial expansion. Diplomatic missions were sent to various countries, expanding trade and commerce. This increased the central markets in Srinagar and Anantnag. Education and culture, along with literary traditions like poetry, were extended in his reign. Kashmiri architecture found its way through the Indo-Islamic architecture.

Zayn al-Abidin was succeeded as sultan by his son, Haji Khan, later known as Haider Shah.

  1. ^ Hasan, Mohibbul (26 September 2023). Kashmir Under the Sultans. London: Routledge. p. 294. ISBN 978-1-032-66670-9.
  2. ^ Mohibbul Hasan, Kashmir Under the Sultans (Routledge, 2023).
  3. ^ a b Sharma, Tej Ram (2005). Historiography: A History of Historical Writing. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 978-81-8069-155-3.
  4. ^ Walter Slaje, Three Bhaṭṭas, Two Sulṭāns, and the Kashmirian Atharvaveda. In: The Atharvaveda and its Paippalādaśākhā. Historical and Philological Papers on a Vedic Tradition. Ed. by ARLO GRIFFITHS and ANNETTE SCHMIEDCHEN. [Geisteskultur Indiens. Texte und Studien.11. = Studia Indologica Univer-sitatis Halensis.] Aachen 2007: 329–353.
  5. ^ Hasan, Mohibbul (26 September 2023). Kashmir Under the Sultans. London: Routledge. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-032-66670-9.


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