Rinchan

Rinchan Shah
Sadr'ud-Din Shah
Maharaja of Kashmir
Reign13 November 1320 – December 1320
PredecessorSūhadeva
Successorhimself (as Sultan of Kashmir)
Sultan of Kashmir[a]
ReignDecember 1320 – 25 November 1323
Predecessorhimself (as Maharaja of Kashmir)
Successor
Died25 November 1323
Srinagar, Kashmir Sultanate
(present-day Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India)
SpouseKota Rani
IssueHaidar Khan
Regnal name
Sadr-ud-Din Shah
ReligionSunni Islam (formerly Buddhism)

Rinchan Shah (Kashmiri: رنژھن شاہ, Persian: رِنچَن شَاہ), born as Lhachen Rinchan Bhoti and also known by his titular name Sadr'ud-Din Shah,[2] was the founder and the first Sultan of the Sultanate of Kashmir from 1320 to 1323. Originally said to have been a Ladakhi Buddhist, he converted to Islam, becoming the first Muslim ruler of Kashmir.[3]


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  1. ^ Pillai, P. Govinda (4 October 2022). The Bhakti Movement: Renaissance or Revivalism?. Taylor & Francis. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-000-78039-0.
  2. ^ Sufi, G. M. D. (1949), Kashīr, being a history of Kashmīr from the earliest times to our own, Univ. of Panjab, p. 83, Suffice it to say that Rinchan embraced Islam at the hands of Bulbul Shah and assumed the name of Sultan Sadr-ud-Din, and claims our attention as the first Muslim ruler of Kashmir. Muslim historians write his name Rinchan.
  3. ^ "Origins of Islam in Kashmir: Valley's saga of conflict in search of identity".