Ghazi Shah Chak

Ghazi (Persian: غَازِی, romanized: Ghāzī, lit. 'warrior'; Persian pronunciation: [ghæzi:]), born Ghāzī Shāh Chak[1] (Persian: غَازِی شَاہ چَک, Kashmiri: غازی شاہ ژھک) was the first Chak Sultan.[2] He dethroned the last Shah Mir Sultan, Habib Shah, in 1561 and succeeded him under the title of Muhammad Humayun.[3][4] He was the 29th Sultan of Kashmir and ruled Kashmir till he was forced to abdicate in 1563.[5]

Ghazi Shah Chak
Muhammad Humayun
30th Sultan of Kashmir
Reign1561 – 1563
PredecessorHabib Shah
SuccessorHusain Shah Chak
Born1509
Srinagar, Kashmir Sultanate
(present-day Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India)
Died1567
Names
Ghazi Shah Chak
DynastyChak dynasty
FatherKaji Shah Chak
ReligionShia Islam

References

  1. Retzlaff, Ralph H.; Hasan, Mohibbul. "Kashmir under the Sultans". Journal of the American Oriental Society: 151. doi:10.2307/595144. ISSN 0003-0279. JSTOR 595144.
  2. Pandit, K. N. (1 January 1991). BAHARISTAN-I-SHAHI A Chronicle of Mediaeval Kashmir (1st ed.). 125a: Firma KLM Private Limited.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. Qandhari, Muhammad Arif (1993). Tarikh-I-Akbari. Translated by Ahmad, Tasneem. Delhi. pp. 483 (Vol III). ISBN 978-81-7307-013-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. Retzlaff, Ralph H.; Hasan, Mohibbul. "Kashmir under the Sultans". Journal of the American Oriental Society: 195. doi:10.2307/595144. ISSN 0003-0279. JSTOR 595144.
  5. Qandhari, Muhammad Arif (1993). Tarikh-I-Akbari. Translated by Ahmad, Tasneem. Delhi. pp. 490–91 (Vol III). ISBN 978-81-7307-013-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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