List of monarchs of Kashmir

This is a list of the monarchs of Kashmir from the establishment of the Gonanda dynasty around 1400 BCE until the cession of parts of Kashmir State by the Dogra dynasty to Indian Union in 1947 and then officially merging into the Republic of India in 1952.

Gonanda dynasty

Gonanda dynasty (I)

The total reign of the following kings is mentioned as 1266 years.

Gonanditya dynasty (I)

The Gonanda dynasty ruled Kashmir for 1002 years.

Other rulers

No kings mentioned in this book have been traced in any other historical source. These kings ruled Kashmir for 192 years.

Restored Gonandiya dynasty/Gonanda dynasty (II)

Early Medieval Period

Karkota dynasty (c. 625–855 CE)

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Utpala dynasty (c. 855–1012 CE)

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Lohara dynasty (c. 1003–1339)

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Late Medieval Period

Kashmir Sultanate (c. 1320/1339–1589)

Bhoti dynasty (c. 1320–1323)

Shah Mir dynasty (c. 1339–1561 CE)

• NOTE : Muhammad Shah had five separate reigns from 1484 to 1537.

Chak dynasty (c. 1561–1579 CE)

Baihaqi dynasty (c. 1579 CE)

Restored Chak dynasty (c. 1579–1589 CE)

• NOTE : Yakub Shah was dethroned on 14 October 1586 by the Mughals but continued to use the title of the Sultan of Kashmir till 1589.

Early Modern Period

Mughal Kashmir (c. 1586–1752)

• Akbar (1586–1605), Under Akbar's regin Mughal army was finally successful in annexing Kashmir in 1586, robbing its independence and reducing it to the status of a subah (province) of their empire.
• Jahangir (1605–1627)
• Shayarar Mirza (1627 - 1628)
• Shah Jahan I (1628–1657)
• Aurangzeb (1658–1707)
• Muhammad Azam Shah (1707)
• Bahadur Shah I (1707–1712)
• Jahandar Shah (1712–1713)
• Farrukh Siyar (1713–1719)
• Rafi ud Darajat (1719)
• Shah Jahan II (1719)
• Nikusiyar (1719)
• Muhammad Shah (first rule, 1719–1720)
• Muhammad Ibrahim (1720)
• Muhammad Shah (restored) (1720–1748)
• Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1748–1752), last Mughal to rule Kashmir.

Durrani Empire (c. 1752–1754 CE)

Raja of Kashmir (c. 1754–1762 CE)

Durrani Empire (restored) (c. 1762–1819 CE)

Modern Period

Sikh Empire (c. 1819–1846 CE)

The nominal and acting governors of Kashmir during Sikh-rule and their tenures are as follows:'

• Diwan Moti Ram (1st term), end of 1819 – 1820
• Hari Singh Nalwa, 1820–1821
• Diwan Moti Ram (2nd term), December 1821 – spring of 1825
• Gurmak Singh, 1825 (acting governor)
• Diwan Chuni Lal, 1825 – end of 1826
• Diwan Kirpa Ram, early 1827 – 1830
• Maha Singh, 1830 (governor for one month after Kirpa Ram)
• Bhima Singh Ardali, summer 1830 – 1831
• Kanwar Sher Singh, 1831–1834
• Diwan Vesaka Singh, 1831–1832 (acting governor on behalf of Sher Singh)
• Shaikh Gholam Muhyi Addin & Jamadar Kushal Singh, 1832–1834 (acting governors for Sher Singh)
• Mihan Singh Kumedan, July 1834 – 17 April 1841
• Shaikh Gholam Muhyi Addin, April 1841 – 1845
• Shaikh Imam-ud-Din, 1845 – November 1846

State of Jammu and Kashmir (c. 1846–1952 CE)

See also

• List of Indian monarchs
• History of Kashmir
• Martand Sun Temple
• Lalitaditya Muktapida
• Rajatarangini & Kalhan
• Gonanda dynasty

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