List of monarchs of Kashmir explained

Royal Title:Maharaja/Sultan
Realm:Kashmir
Coatofarms:Kashmir_Princely_State_CoA.png
Coatofarmscaption:Emblem of the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir
First Monarch:Durlabhavardhana 625–662
Last Monarch:Hari Singh 1925–1952
Style:Maharaja
Sultan
Raja
Residence:Amar Mahal Palace
Mubarak Mandi Palace
Hari Niwas Palace
Akhnoor Fort
Pari Mahal
Hari Parbat
Red Fort
Gulab Bhavan
Sher Garhi Palace
Baghsar Fort
Appointer:Hereditary
Began:625 CE
Ended:17 November 1952
Pretender:Karan Singh

This is a list of the monarchs of Kashmir from the establishment of the Karkota dynasty around 625 CE until the cession of parts of Kashmir by the Dogra dynasty to Pakistan in 1947 and then merging into the Indian Union in 1952.

Karkota dynasty (625 – 855)

See main article: Karkota dynasty.

List of rulers–[1]
Ruler Reign Ascension year
Durlabhavardhana (Prajnaditya) 38 years 598 CE
60 years 634 CE
8 years, 8 months 694 CE
Tarapida (Udayaditya) 4 years, 24 days 703 CE
Muktapida (Lalitaditya I) 36 years, 7 months, 11 days 703 CE
1 year, 15 days 739 CE
Vajraditya II (Bappiyaka / Vappiyaka / Lalitaditya II) 7 years 746 CE
Prithivyapida I 4 years, 1 month 750 CE
Sangramapida I 7 days 750 CE
Jayapida (Vinayaditya); Jajja 31 years; 3 years 781 CE
Lalitapida 12 years 793 CE
Sangramapida II (Prithivyapida II) 7 years 805 CE
Chippatajayapida (Brhspati / Vrihaspati) 12 years 812 CE
Ajitapida 37 years 830 CE
Anangapida 3 years 867 CE
Utpalapida 2 years 870 CE

Utpala dynasty (855 – 1012)

See main article: Utpala dynasty.

List of rulers–
Ruler Reign (CE)
853/855–883
883–902
Gopalavarman 902–904
Sankata 904
904–906
Partha 906–921
Nirjitavarman 921–922
Chakravarman 922–933
Shuravarman I 933–934
Partha (2nd reign) 934–935
Chakravarman (2nd reign) 935
Shankaravardhana (or Shambhuvardhana) 935–936
Chakravarman (3rd reign) 936–937
Unmattavanti ("Mad Avanti") 937–939
Shuravarman II 939
Yashaskara-deva 939
Varnata 948
Sangramadeva (Sanggrama I) 948
Parvagupta 948–950
Kshemagupta 950–958
Abhimanyu II 958–972
Nandigupta 972–973
Tribhuvanagupta 973–975
Bhimagupta 975–980
980–1009/1012

Lohar dynasty (1003 – 1339)

See main article: Lohara dynasty.

List of rulers–[2]
Ruler Ascension year (CE)
Sangramaraja (Samgramaraja / Kshamapati) 1003 CE
Hariraja 1028 CE
1028 CE
Kalasha (Ranaditya II) 1063 CE
Utkarsha 1089 CE
died in 1101 CE
1101 CE
Sussala unknown
Jayasimha 1111 CE
Paramanuka 1123 CE
Vantideva until 1165 CE
Vuppadeva 1172 CE
Jassaka 1181 CE
Jagadeva 1199 CE
Rājadeva 1213 CE
Samgrāmadeva 1235 CE
Laksmandadeva 1273 CE
Simhadeva 1286 CE
Sūhadeva 1301 CE
1320 C
1323 CE
1338–1339 CE

Shah Mir dynasty (1339 – 1561)

See main article: Shah Mir dynasty.

No.Titular NameBirth Name Reign
1 Shamsu'd-Dīn Shāh
شَمس اُلدِین شَاہ
Shāh Mīr
شَاہ مِیر
1339 – 1342
2 Jamshīd Shāh
جَمشید شَاہ
Jamshīd
جَمشید
1342 – 1342
3 Alāu'd-Dīn Shāh
عَلاؤ اُلدِین شَاہ
Alī Shēr
عَلی شیر
1343 – 1354
4 Shihābu'd-Dīn Shāh
شِہاب اُلدِین شَاہ
Shīrashāmak
شِیراشَامَک
1354 – 1373
5 Qutbu'd-Dīn Shāh
قُتب اُلدِین شَاہ
Hindāl
حِندَال
1373 – 1389
6 Sikandar Shāh
سِکَندَر شَاہ
Shingara
شِنگَرَہ
1389 – 1412
7 Alī Shāh
عَلی شَاہ
Mīr Khān
مِیر خَان
1412 – 1418
8 Zainu'l-'Ābidīn
زین اُلعَابِدِین
Shāhī Khān
شَاہی خَان
1418 – 1419
9 Alī Shāh
عَلی شَاہ
Mīr Khān
مِیر خَان
1419 – 1420
10 Zainu'l-'Ābidīn
زین اُلعَابِدِین
Shāhī Khān
شَاہی خَان
1420 – 12 May 1470
11 Haider Shāh
حیدِر شَاہ
Hāji Khān
حَاجِی خَان
12 May 1470 – 13 April 1472
12 Hasan Shāh
حَسَن شَاہ
Hasan Khān
حَسَن خَان
13 April 1472 – 19 April 1484
13 Muhammad Shāh
مُحَمَد شَاہ
Muhammad Khān
مُحَمَد خَان
19 April 1484 – 14 October 1486
14 Fatēh Shāh
فَتح شَاہ
Fatēh Khān
فَتح خَان
14 October 1486 – July 1493
15 Muhammad Shāh
مُحَمَد شَاہ
Muhammad Khān
مُحَمَد خَان
July 1493 – 1505
16 Fatēh Shāh
فَتح شَاہ
Fatēh Khān
فَتح خَان
1505 – 1514
17 Muhammad Shāh
مُحَمَد شَاہ
Muhammad Khān
مُحَمَد خَان
1514 – September 1515
18 Fatēh Shāh
فَتح شَاہ
Fatēh Khān
فَتح خَان
September 1515 – August 1517
19 Muhammad Shāh
مُحَمَد شَاہ
Muhammad Khān
مُحَمَد خَان
August 1517 – January 1528
20 Ibrahīm Shāh
اِبرَاہِیم شَاہ
Ibrahīm Khān
اِبرَاہِیم خَان
January 1528 – April 1528
21 Nāzuk Shāh
نَازُک شَاہ
Nādir Shāh
نَادِر شَاہ
April 1528 – June 1530
22 Muhammad Shāh
مُحَمَد شَاہ
Muhammad Khān
مُحَمَد خَان
June 1530 – July 1537
23 Shamsu'd-Dīn Shāh II
شَمس اُلدِین شَاہ دوم
Shamsu'd-Dīn
شَمس اُلدِین
July 1537 – 1540
24 Ismaīl Shāh
اِسمَاعِیل شَاہ
Ismaīl Khān
اِسمَاعِیل خَان
1540 – December 1540
25 Nāzuk Shāh
نَازُک شَاہ
Nādir Shāh
نَادِر شَاہ
December 1540 – December 1552
26 Ibrahīm Shāh
اِبرَاہِیم شَاہ
Ibrahīm Khān
اِبرَاہِیم خَان
December 1552 – 1555
27 Ismaīl Shāh
اِسمَاعِیل شَاہ
Ismaīl Khān
اِسمَاعِیل خَان
1555 – 1557
28 Habīb Shāh
حَبِیب شَاہ
Habīb Khān
حَبِیب خَان
1557 – 1561
[3] Note: Muhammad Shah had five separate reigns from 1484 to 1537.[4]

Chak dynasty (1561 – 1579)

See main article: Chak dynasty.

Titular NamePersonal NameReign
Muḥammad Humāyūn
محمد ہمایوں
Ghazi Shahغازی شاہ چَک1561 – 1563
Nasiru'd-Din ناصرالدینHusain Shahحُسین شاہ چَک1563 – 1570
Zahīru'd-Din Muhammad Alīظہیرالدین محمد علیAli Shahعَلی شاہ چَک1570 – December 1578
Nasiru'd-Din Ghaziناصرالدین غازیYousuf Shah (1)یُوسُفْ شاہ چَکDecember 1578 – February 1579

Chak dynasty Restored (1579 – 1589)

Titular NamePersonal NameReign
Lohar Ghaziلوہر غازیLohar Khanلوہر خان چَکNovember 1579 – November 1580
Nasiru'd-Din Ghaziناصرالدین غازیYousuf Shah (2)یُوسُفْ شاہ چَکNovember 1580 – 14 February 1586
Ismā'īl Shahاسماعیل شاہYakub Shahیَعقوب شاہ چَک14 February 1586 – 8 August 1589

Mughal Empire (1586 – 1752)

PortraitTitular NameBirth NameBirthReignDeath
1 Akbar
Abu'l Fath Jalal Ud-Din Muhammad
15 October 1542 Umerkot, Pakistan14 October 1586 – 27 October 1605 (19 years 0 months 13 days)
2 Jahangir
Nur Ud-Din Baig Muhammad khan Salim
31 August 1569 Agra, India3 November 1605 – 28 October 1627(21 years 11 months 23 days)28 October 1627 (aged 58) Jammu and Kashmir, India
3 Shah Jahan
Shahab Ud-Din Muhammad Khurram
5 January 1592 Lahore, Pakistan19 January 1628 – 31 July 1658(30 years 8 months 25 days)22 January 1666 (aged 74) Agra, India
4 Aurangzeb
Alamgir
Muhi Ud-Din Muhammad
3 November 1618 Gujarat, India31 July 1658 – 3 March 1707(48 years 7 months 0 days)3 March 1707 (aged 88) Ahmednagar, India
5 Azam Shah
Qutb Ud-Din Muhammad
28 June 1653 Burhanpur, India14 March 1707 – 20 June 170720 June 1707 (aged 53) Agra, India
6 Bahadur Shah
Shah Alam
Abul-Nasr Sayyid Qutb-ud-din Mirza Muhammad Muazzam
14 October 1643 Burhanpur, India19 June 1707 – 27 February 1712(4 years, 253 days) 27 February 1712 (aged 68) Lahore, Pakistan
7 Jahandar Shah
Mu'izz-ud-Din Beg Muhammad Khan Bahādur
9 May 1661 Deccan, India27 February 1712 – 11 February 1713(0 years, 350 days)12 February 1713 (aged 51) Delhi, India
8Farrukhsiyar
Abu'l Muzaffar Muīn-ud-Dīn Muhammad Shāh Farrukhsiyar Alim Akbar Sāni Wālā Shān Pādshāh-i-bahr-u-bar

Puppet King Under the Sayyids of Barha
20 August 1685 Aurangabad, India11 January 1713 – 28 February 1719(6 years, 48 days)19 April 1719 (aged 33) Delhi, India
9Rafi ud-Darajat
Abu'l Barakat Shams-ud-Din Muhammad Rafi ud-Darajat Padshah Ghazi Shahanshah-i-Bahr-u-Bar

Puppet King Under the Sayyids of Barha
1 December 169928 February 1719 – 6 June 1719(0 years, 98 days)6 June 1719 (aged 19) Agra, India
10Shah Jahan II
Rafi-ud-Din Muhammad Rafi-ud-Daulah

Puppet King Under the Sayyids of Barha
5 January 16966 June 1719 – 17 September 1719(0 years, 105 days)18 September 1719 (aged 23) Agra, India
11Muhammad Shah
Nasir-ud-Din Muḥammad Shah Roshan Akhtar Bahadur Ghazi

Puppet King Under the Sayyids of Barha
7 August 1702 Ghazni, Afghanistan27 September 1719 – 26 April 1748(28 years, 212 days)26 April 1748 (aged 45) Delhi, India
12Ahmad Shah Bahadur
Abu-Nasir Mujahid ud-din Muhammad Ahmad Shah Bahadur Ghazi
23 December 1725 Delhi, India29 April 1748 – 1752(4 years)1 January 1775 (aged 49) Delhi, India

Sikh Empire (1819 – 1846)

S. No.NamePortrait Birth and deathReignNote
1Maharaja Ranjit Singh13 November 1780 (Gujranwala) 27 June 1839 (Lahore) 5 July 181927 June 1839The first Sikh rulerStroke
2Maharaja Kharak Singh22 February 1801 (Lahore)5 November 1840 (Lahore) 27 June 18398 October 1839Son of Ranjit SinghPoisoning
3Maharaja Nau Nihal Singh11 February 1820 (Lahore)6 November 1840 (Lahore)8 October 18396 November 1840Son of Kharak SinghAssassinated
4Maharani Chand Kaur
1802 (Fatehgarh Churian)11 June 1842 (Lahore)6 November 184018 January 1841Wife of Kharak Singh and the only female ruler of Sikh EmpireAbdicated
5Maharaja Sher Singh4 December 1807 (Batala)15 September 1843 (Lahore)18 January 184115 September 1843Son of Ranjit Singh Assassinated
6Maharaja Duleep Singh6 September 1838 (Lahore)22 October 1893 (Paris)15 September 184316 March 1846Son of Ranjit SinghExiled

State of Jammu and Kashmir (1846 – 1952)

TitlePersonal NameReign
MaharajaGulab Singh16 March 1846 – 20 February 1856
MaharajaRanbir Singh20 February 1856 – 12 September 1885
MaharajaPratap Singh12 September 1885 – 23 September 1925
MaharajaHari Singh12 September 1925 – 17 November 1952

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Stein, M.A. . Kalhaņa's Rājatarańgiņī, A Chronicle of the Kings of Kaśmīr . 1900 . Westminster . Archibald Constable . 133–138.
  2. Book: Pillai, P. Govinda . The Bhakti Movement: Renaissance or Revivalism? . 2022-10-04 . Taylor & Francis . 978-1-000-78039-0 . 150 . en.
  3. Book: Hasan, Mohibbul . Kashmir Under the Sultans . Delhi . Aakar Books . Reprinted . 2005 . 1959 . 325. 978-81-87879-49-7 . 2013-01-17.
  4. Web site: The COININDIA Coin Galleries: Sultans of Kashmir.