Kota Rani

Kota Rani
Maharani of Kashmir
Reign1338 − 4 July 1339[1][2]
PredecessorUdayānadeva
SuccessorPosition abolished
Shah Mir (as Sultan of Kashmir)
Regent of Kashmir
Regency1323 − 1338
MonarchUdayānadeva[1]
Died1344
Srinagar, Kashmir Sultanate (Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India)
SpouseSūhadeva
Rinchan
Udayānadeva
ChildrenHaidar Khan
Second son (son of Udayanadeva)
HouseLohara dynasty
FatherRāmachandra
ReligionHinduism

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.

  1. ^ a b Pillai, P. Govinda (4 October 2022). The Bhakti Movement: Renaissance or Revivalism?. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-78039-0. 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).
  2. ^ Koul, Bill K. (2020). The Exiled Pandits of Kashmir: Will They Ever Return Home?. p. 207. ISBN 978-9811565373.