Shah Mir dynasty

Shah Mir dynasty
(Kashmir Sultanate)
سلسله شاه میر
1339–1561
Flag of Shah Mir State
The Red Standard of Kashmir Sultanate according to the contemporary author Jonaraja[1][2]
The Shah Mir Sultanate and other South Asian polities, circa 1400 CE.[3]
Shah Mir dynasty is located in Kashmir
Srinagar
Srinagar
Rajauri
Rajauri
Budhal
Budhal
Swat, Pakistan
Swat, Pakistan
Gilgit
Gilgit
Leh
Leh
Region of Kashmir and main cities
StatusIndependent State / Empire
CapitalSrinagar
(1339–1343; 1354–1470; 1472–1529; 1530–1561)
Andarkot
(1343–1354)
Sikandarpur
(1470–1472)
Common languagesKashmiri,
Persian
Religion
Sunni Islam (Dynastic)
Islam and Hinduism (Majority)
Buddhism (Minority)
GovernmentAbsolute Monarchy
Sultan 
• 1339–1342
Shamsu-d-Din Shah
• 1418 – 1419
1420 – 1470
Zainu'l-Abidin
History 
• Established
1339
• Disestablished
1561
Area
1342222,236 km2 (85,806 sq mi)
1354700,000 km2 (270,000 sq mi)
1389250,000 km2 (97,000 sq mi)
1470500,000 km2 (190,000 sq mi)
CurrencyGold Dinar,
Silver Dirham,
Copper coin.
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Lohara dynasty
Chak dynasty
Today part of India
 Pakistan
 China
 Afghanistan

The Shah Mir dynasty (Kashmiri: شاه میٖر خاندان) was a Kashmiri dynasty that ruled the Kashmir Sultanate in the Indian subcontinent.[4] The dynasty is named after its founder, Shah Mir.

  1. ^ Dutt, Jogesh Chunder (1898). Rajatarangini Of Jonaraja. p. 207.
  2. ^ Hasan, Mohibbul (26 September 2023). Kashmir Under the Sultans. London: Routledge. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-032-66670-9.
  3. ^ Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 147, map XIV.3 (d). ISBN 0226742210.
  4. ^ Sharma, R. S. (1992), A Comprehensive History of India, Orient Longmans, p. 628, ISBN 978-81-7007-121-1

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