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Sultanate Of Kashmir
The Kashmir Sultanate, historically Latinised as the Sultanate of Cashmere and officially known as the State of Kashmir, was a Medieval India, medieval kingdom established in the early 14th century, primarily in the Kashmir Valley, found in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. The Sultanate was founded by Rinchan, Rinchan Shah, a Ladakhis, Ladakhi noble who converted from Buddhism to Islam. The Sultanate was briefly interrupted by the Lohara dynasty, Loharas until Shah Mir, a councillor of Rinchan, Shah Mir–Lohara War, overthrew the Loharas and started his Shah Mir dynasty, own dynasty. The Shah Mirs ruled from 1339 until they were deposed by the Chak dynasty, Chak warlords and nobles in 1561. The Chaks continued to rule the Sultanate until the Mughal conquest of Kashmir, Mughal conquest in 1586 and their surrender in 1589. The Kashmir Sultanate was a Muslim monarchy comprising Kashmiris, Kashmiri, Turco-Persian tradition, Turco–Persian, Indus Kohistani people, Kohi ...
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Kashmiri Language
Kashmiri ( ) or Koshur (Kashmiri: , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language of the Dardic languages, Dardic branch spoken by around 7 million Kashmiris of the Kashmir region, primarily in the Kashmir Valley and surrounding hills of the Indian-administrated union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir, over half the population of that territory. Kashmiri has split ergativity and the unusual V2 word order, verb-second word order. Since 2020, it has been made an official language of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir along with Dogri language, Dogri, Hindi, Urdu and English. Kashmiri is also among the 22 Languages with official status in India, scheduled languages of India. Kashmiri is spoken by roughly five percent of Pakistani-administrated Azad Kashmir's population. Geographic distribution and status There are about 6.8 million speakers of Kashmiri and related dialects in Jammu and Kashmir and amongst the Kashmir ...
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