Museum of Kashmir

Author: Muhammad Faysal

Kashmir. The first that comes into your mind is probably war, Cashmere Goats, or even the most excellent Led Zeppelin song. But Kashmir is actually about its people. The Museum of Kashmir is a movement against forgetting. We document and preserve the people's memory and oral history.
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3. Sultanat: Sufi Saints and Game of Thrones
Episode 3
Saturday, 15 February, 2025

In this episode, we explore Kashmir’s transformation after the arrival of Mir Syed Ali Hamadani and the spread of Islam. Discover how Sufi masters rose to power, shaping both spiritual and political landscapes as rulers sought legitimacy from religious scholars. We also dive into the turbulent 16th century, marked by the fall of Budshah’s rule, foreign interventions, civil wars, and the fierce power struggle among the Chak rulers—a real-life game of thrones in Kashmir’s history.🎙️ Guest: Dr. Zubair Khalid PhD, Centre for Historical Studies, JNU Expert on the Kashmiri Sultanate, Islam, Sufism, and the region’s material and intellectual history.2:28: How to read medieval history of Kashmir11:30: Frameworks of history around Kashmir's Sultanat period.23:45: The impact of Mir Syed Ali Hamdani and other Muslim scholars28:40: The role of Sayyids and Shaykh Hamza Makhdoom35:03: Shams-ud-din Araki vs Hamza Makhdoom47:00: The arrival of Mirza Haider Dughlat53:59: Chak Game of Thrones1:02:04: Did Sufis invite Mughals into Kashmir?1:12:18: The Mughal Rule brief1:16:35: Sultanat Top 5 Follow us on Instagram