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consented to Prime Minister Rai Magre (var. Uddaka), who was also her cousin, burning his own daughter and son-in-law Muhammad, son of a fellow minister Sahaka, on charges of conspiring against Sikandar. Magre went on to poison Haybat, Sikandar's younger brother and even Sahaka. Sikandar, sensing a possible usurpation of the throne by Magre, chose to exert himself as the ruler c. 1391.
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infidels and polytheists. The family members of the elders and leading persons of this land, especially their womenfolk, do not do anything without the permission of the infidels and permission of astrologers. In fact, in all activities of daily life like eating, drinking, sleeping, rising from sleep, travel and rest, astronomers and polytheists have a role to play."
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disagrees about such proposed absence of religious motivation, in part, given the differential rituals of destruction undertaken by Hindu and Muslim kings with the latter rendering sites inoperable for long passages of time by massive pollution or outright conversion. Slaje however concludes that the
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The biographer of the Nūrbakshī shaykh, Mir Shams-al Din Iraqi who visited Kashmir in 1487 CE, wrote: "Such atheistic and idolatrous practices continue to be observed in the houses of scholars, theologians and leading personalities of this land (Kashmir). They observe all the festivals and feasts of
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and ordered Sikandar to pay tribute. Despite Sikandar's meek acceptance fearing a military fallout, the order was eventually waived by Timur himself upon being judged to be way above Sikandar's financial capacity. While the two did not meet, they shared a mutual admiration and Timur gifted a pair of
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Sikandar was married to at-least three women: Mera; an unnamed daughter of Pala Deo; and, Sobha about whom Jonaraja does not provide any details. He had at least five sons—Firuz (adopted by Sobha; sent alongside Hamadani, in his return journey to Iran), Shadi Khan (adopted by Sobha), Mir Khan (from
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and, like with the previous Hindu rulers, were essentially an attempt to secure political legitimacy by asserting state power over Brahmans and gaining access to wealth controlled by Brahminical institutions. J. L. Bhan notes the sole extant example of sculpture (see below) from Sikandar's reign to
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under the command of Rai Magre, Sikandar did not annex any new territory. Soon after this victory, Magre instigated a rebellion and assassinated Sobha's (Sikandar's first wife) brother before turning against Sikandar with his proteges. The rebellion was ably suppressed with aid from Laddaraja's men
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borrowed from Sufism and local cults to attack core tenets of Brahminism and likely, serviced conversion to Islam among the lower strata of society. By Sikandar's time, a considerable section of the populace had already adopted Islam. Nonetheless, the Kings continued to actively patronage Hinduism:
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While medieval Muslim hagiographic and historical accounts may have exaggerated Sikander's destruction of non-Muslim religious sites in a classical representation of religious piety, the tendency of some writers in the twentieth century CE to shield the Sultan from these iconoclastic activities is
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Despite these reverses, the Islamisation of elite politics meant very few caste groups other than Brahmans took the opportunity of re-conversion and a largely irreversible change set-in in post-Sikandar Kashmir. The Hindus receded into relative political unimportance, with Pandit nobles being last
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drafted a commentary on a Firazi text and also wrote epistles, Sayyid Muhammad Khawari wrote a commentary on Lum'at ul-I'tiqaad as well as another work (Khwar Nameh) of unknown genre, and Muhammad Baihaqi composed poems eulogizing Sikandar. The first stone sculpture of Kashmir—a four-armed Brahma,
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Sikandar commenced the destruction of Hindu and Buddhist shrines till, in the words of Jonaraja, no idol remained, even in the privacy of peoples' homes. Jonaraja mentions temples at Martand (Sun God), Vijayesvara (Shiva), Cakradhara (Vishnu), Suresvari (unknown), Varaha (Vishnu), and Tripuresvara
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To Jonaraja (as in the case of Kalhana), Kashmir was an "ethical space" dictated by karma. The tyrants always met unhappy deaths, if not assassinated. However, Jonaraja is careful to assert that the God of Death was angered not at him but at Suhabhatta; he had to merely atone for the sins of his
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Sikandar was the great-grandson of Shah Mir; he was the eldest child of Qutubu'd-Din and Queen Sura (var. Subhata), and was born sometime around 1380. Because he was a minor at the time of his father's death—9 August 1389—, his mother had to act as a regent for a while. During her regency, Sura
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and Sahibhanga) after he refused to recognize Sikandar's suzerainty. Sikandar went on to marry Firuz's daughter Mera whilst giving away one of his daughters from Sobha for marriage to Firuz. Another successful campaign was mounted against Pala Deo (var. Billadeva), the Rajah of Jammu, after he
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Under Ali Shah's regime, Suhabhatta became the Prime Minister and the de facto ruler; Jonaraja claims that persecution increased manifold with forced conversions becoming commonplace, Hindu customs being banned, and Brahmans being prohibited to leave the territory despite being forced into
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under Islamic influence; Jonaraja explicitly mocks Hamadani's rejection of hereditary caste hierarchies. Mohammed Ishaq Khan emphasizes on the centrality of caste in understanding Jonaraja's reception of Shah Miri — he notes that even Hindu figures like Lal Ded had found no place in the
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i, a work that was commissioned by Sikandar's successor, who wished to bring back the Brahminical elite into the royal fold and establish Sanskrit as an integral part of a Sultanate that strove to be cosmopolitan. According to Zutshi and Salomon, Sikandar's policies were guided by
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shrines. In particular, a Brahman neo-convert — Suhabhatta (var. Suhaka Bhatt and Saifuddin) who served as Sikandar's counsel — was accused of instigating the King into " delight day and night in demolishing the sculptures of the gods." Notably, in
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This episode presents one of the few episodes where Jonaraja's account can be corroborated by Persian sources. Jonaraja had held Timur to have gifted the elephants out of fearing Sikandar, despite being powerful enough to have had Delhi razed to
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Sikandar is believed to have had a puritanical temperament, and abstained from wine, festivities, and music — in tune with the laws decreed for his subjects. Among his closest confidants were Suhabhatta, Sankara (chief physician), and Laddaraja.
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Among them the most prominent were: Sayyid Hasan Shirazi, appointed as the Qazi of Kashmir; Sayyid Jalaluddin, a saint from Bukhara; and Baba Haji Adham, a logician from Balkh. Baharistan-i-shahi provides detailed information about these
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was established to provide monetary stipends and alms to the needy, pilgrims, travelers, physicians, scholars and other deserving people. Sharia was enacted into local law — music, dance, gambling, and intoxicants were prohibited.
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Hasan gets these details wrong: he was not an expert in Sanskrit and had to mostly depend upon Dutt's error-ridden translation, which in the opinion of Slaje, " completely unsuitable for purposes of research."
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Hasan speculates that Shobha might be the unnamed daughter of Pala Deo that is, SIkandar had two wives. It is likely implausible since Sikandar had bequeathed one of Shobha's (adopted) daughter to Deo!
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scholars completely reject the narratives of persecution and accuse the Brahman chroniclers of wanton bias and myth-making, stemming from their personal jealousy at losing socio-economic dominance.
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Jonaraja notes Shah Mir to be the grandson of one Kuru Shah. He had (apparently) received a divine premonition from Mahadevi about Kashmir being the rightful territory of his lineage.
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was installed as a vassal and Sikandar again entered into a matrimonial alliance with his daughter whilst giving away another of his daughters from Sobha for marriage to Pala Deo.
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The Shah Mirs actively patronaged Islam (esp. Sufism) and led to the formation of a new social order that chipped away at Brahminic Hinduism. A contemporary Shaivite mystic
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The overall economic condition was decent. Jonaraja remarks that the Goddess of Fortune found an abode in Sikandar — "the pleasure of welfare elude verbal description." A
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without even resorting to warfare and Magre was imprisoned, whence he committed suicide. Palas —probably, a Persian tribe— who aided Magre were brutally suppressed too.
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and installed in positions of authority. Land holdings were allotted to vast sections of society including scholars, religious figureheads and the poor. The office of
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Mira), Shahi Khan (from Mira), and Muhammad Khan (from Mira)—, and at least two daughters (both adopted by Sobha). Sobha is understood to have been likely infertile.
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to colonial historians and Kashmiri Pandits, with different ideological proclivities, to produce varying strands of histories suiting different sociopolitical goals.
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but dispersed after mistaking herds of cattle on the other bank of Jhelum as Sikandar's cavalry. Magre was chased by Sikandar himself and caught at Vitastapura.
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et al., who were more proactive to the cause of Islam. All of these figures continue to remain influential among both Hindus and Muslims of modern Kashmir.
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Jonaraja—ever true to casting Kashmir as an ethical space—remarks that Mera's god-gifted purpose laid in saving Kashmir from Sikandar's depredations.
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prominent in the court of Hasan Shah, Zain's grandson. Nonetheless, Hinduism flourished among the masses even a century after Sikandar's death.
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Slaje, Walter (2019). "What Does it Mean to Smash an Idol? Iconoclasm in Medieval Kashmir as Reflected by Contemporaneous Sanskrit Sources".
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Magre's soldiers had gathered at Vallamatha (unknown - doubtful whether any of the recensions preserved the name) for a scheduled faceoff at
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fierce opposition of Hindus to Muslim rulers, including Sikandar, primarily stemmed from their aversion to the slow disintegration of
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not historically correct, especially given the evidence from the period coming from writers of different religious backgrounds.
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and others reject the idea only religious motives lay behind Sikandar's actions and call for a nuanced contextual reading of
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Ded was critical of untouchability, idol-worship etc. She will in turn influence equally influential Sufi Rshis like
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unemployment. A regime of tolerance was however re-introduced under Zain-ul-Abidin, with Suhabhatta dead from
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of silver. Jonaraja snarks at those Brahmins who left their "superior class" in lieu of some material gains.
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was constructed by Sikandar and his royal palace was established at the town center. He constructed the
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which note that Sikandar cleansed Kashmir of all heretics and infidels. Sikandar is epithetized as ''
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Hamadani went on to marry Suhabhatta's daughter after the death of his first wife (Bibi Taj Khatun).
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argued to be one of the finest in the history of the subcontinent—was sculpted by son of a Buddhist
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Kingship in Kaśmīr (AD 1148‒1459) From the Pen of Jonarāja, Court Paṇḍit to Sulṭān Zayn al-'Ābidīn
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The Syncretic Traditions of Islamic Religious Architecture of Kashmir (Early 14th –18th Century)
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Jonaraja argues that Sikandar's rule terminated Kashmir's long-standing tolerant culture. So do
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Kashmir's Contested Pasts : Narratives, Sacred Geographies, and the Historical Imagination
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Translation and History: The Development of a Kashmiri Textual Tradition from ca. 1000-1500
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Translation and History: The Development of a Kashmiri Textual Tradition from ca. 1000-1500
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Kashmir's Contested Pasts: Narratives, Sacred Geographies, and the Historical Imagination
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were endowed to shrines and numerous Sufi preachers from Central Asia were provided with
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C. 1400, a successful war was waged against Firuz, the Hindu Shahi ruler of Ohind (var.
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All Brahmins unwilling to cede their hereditary caste privileges were taxed with
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was installed; oppressive taxes were abolished while free schools and hospitals (
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Alaud'din had commissioned a Hindu Matha and Qutubu'd-Din had held royal yajnas.
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male and female elephants to Sikandar. Sikandar was ecstatic on receiving them.
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Sikandar is claimed to have met a prolonged and painful death, seemingly from
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of all these dead men weighed three ass-loads, when taken for incineration.
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Numerous scholars arrived from Central Asia in his court: Sayiid Ahmad of
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Son of the famed Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani (1314-1384) of the
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A chronogram in Tarikh-i Hassan reports the year as 1417.
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The architect was one Khwaja Sadru'd-Din from Khorasan.
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challenge simplistic notions of religious persecution.
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The Shah Miri dynasty likely descended from Kohistani
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locale in downtown Srinagar—for the royals and elite.
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Index

Sultan Sikandar
Sikandar Lodhi
Sultan of Kashmir
Coronation
Qutbu'd-Din Shah
Ali Shah
Srinagar
Kashmir Sultanate
Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar
Kashmir Sultanate
Jammu and Kashmir
Dynasty
Shah Mir dynasty
Sunni Islam
Shafi
Kashmiri
Persian
lit.
Sultan of Kashmir
Shah Mir dynasty
Rajatarangini
Zain-ul-Abidin
Kalhana
Baharistan-i-shahi
Tohfatu'l-Ahbab
Tarikh-i-Kashmir corpus
Abul Fazl
Nizamuddin Ahmad
independent Persian chroniclers

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