Kota Rani | |
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Maharani of Kashmir | |
Reign | 1338 − 4 July 1339[1][2] |
Predecessor | Udayānadeva |
Successor | Position abolished Shah Mir (as Sultan of Kashmir) |
Regent of Kashmir | |
Regency | 1323 − 1338 |
Monarch | Udayānadeva[1] |
Died | 1344 Srinagar, Kashmir Sultanate (Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India) |
Spouse | Sūhadeva Rinchan Udayānadeva |
Children | Haidar Khan Second son (son of Udayanadeva) |
House | Lohara dynasty |
Father | Rāmachandra |
Religion | Hinduism |
Kota Rani (died 1344) was the last ruler of the Hindu Lohara dynasty in Kashmir. She was also the last female ruler of Kashmir. She was regent for her new husband because of the minority of her son in 1323−1338, and ruled as monarch in 1338−1339. She was deposed by Shah Mir, who became the second Muslim ruler of Kashmir after Rinchan who converted to Islam and ruled as Sultan Sadr-ud-din.
Muslim rule was finally and firmly established in Kashmir by Shah Mir by deposing the last Hindu ruler, Kota Rani (1338-9). She was the widow of the last Hindu King of Kashmir, Udayana Deva (1323-38).