Kashmir’s ‘Great King’ Who Turned Schizophrenic During His Last Days
Shahi Khan aka Sultan Zainul A’bideen was the eighth king of Kashmir from the Shahmiri Dynasty whose rule is reckoned as the golden period of medieval Kashmir.
An Arithmetical Miracle!
The total Sikh population in entire Kashmir including the Muzaffarabad district was 27, 034, far below than the representation claims were killed at a single spot on a road near Baramulla.
Sayyid Mirak Kashani: Kashmir’s Spiritual Glory Prophesied In Lahore
His demise was widely mourned in Kashmir and outside. Grieving people attended his funeral amidst cold weather, ongoing Indo-Pak war and dogfights in Srinagar’s skies.
Names That Did Not Click
Naming and renaming places and old or new infrastructure by a government is a common practice all over the world. However, it is not always that these officially assigned names click with the people. In Kashmir, there are several instances when christening or rechristening of places, roads and bridges by a government has failed to meet public acceptance.
Gupkar, The Name Behind a Declaration
Gupkar has remained a highly sought after residential area for the families close to power in different periods of time. If it were Brahmins during the reign of Gopaditya, during the ‘popular rule’, Dhars, Abdullahs, Kochaks et al. moved in.
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