Shihabu'd-Din Shah

Shihabu'd-Din Shah
Sultan of Kashmir
The Lion's Claw
Badshah
5th Sultan of Kashmir
Reign1354 – 1373
PredecessorAlau'd-Din Shah
SuccessorQutbu'd-Din Shah
Died1373
Srinagar, Kashmir Sultanate
(present-day Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India)
Names
Shihabu'd-Din Shah Miri
DynastyShah Mir dynasty
FatherAlau'd-Din Shah
ReligionSunni Islam

Shihabu'd-Din Shah Miri (Kashmiri and Persian: شهاب الدین شاه میری; commonly known as Sherashamak Kashmiri: شِیراشَامَک The Lion's Claw; r. 1354 – 1373), or simply Shihabu'd-Din Shah,[1] was a ruler from the Shah Mir dynasty based in Kashmir.[2] He was the fifth Sultan of Kashmir who ruled from 1354 to 1373.[3] Shihab is considered to be one of the most powerful kings of Kashmir[4] as his empire extended from Kashgar Ladakh to West Punjab and from Kabul to Chamba.[5]

  1. ^ Dutt, J. C. (1879). Kings Of Kashmira. p. 26.
  2. ^ Retzlaff, Ralph H.; Hasan, Mohibbul. "Kashmir under the Sultans". Journal of the American Oriental Society (4): 46. doi:10.2307/595144. ISSN 0003-0279. JSTOR 595144.
  3. ^ BAHARISTAN E SHAHI. pp. 20b–21b.
  4. ^ Chādūrah, Ḥaydar Malik (1991). History of Kashmir. Delhi: Bhavna Prakashan. pp. 107a.
  5. ^ Retzlaff, Ralph H.; Hasan, Mohibbul (October 1959). "Kashmir under the Sultans". Journal of the American Oriental Society: 49. doi:10.2307/595144. ISSN 0003-0279. JSTOR 595144.