| Rinchan Shah | |||||
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| Sadr'ud-Din Shah | |||||
| Maharaja of Kashmir | |||||
| Reign | 13 November 1320 – December 1320 | ||||
| Predecessor | Sūhadeva | ||||
| Successor | himself (as Sultan of Kashmir) | ||||
| Sultan of Kashmir[a] | |||||
| Reign | December 1320 – 31 December 1323 | ||||
| Predecessor | himself (as Maharaja of Kashmir) | ||||
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| Died | 1323 Srinagar, Kashmir Sultanate (present-day Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India) | ||||
| Spouse | Kota Rani | ||||
| Issue | Haidar Khan | ||||
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| Religion | Sunni 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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- ^ Pillai, P. Govinda (4 October 2022). The Bhakti Movement: Renaissance or Revivalism?. Taylor & Francis. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-000-78039-0.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Origins of Islam in Kashmir: Valley's saga of conflict in search of identity".