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Shah Mir
Shah Mir was the founder of the Shah Mir dynasty and of the Kashmir Sultanate. An immigrant who rose to high office at the Hindu court of Kashmir after the Mongol raid of 1320, he seized power from Queen Kota Rani in 1339 and ruled as Sultan Shams-ud-Din until 1342. His dynasty, under which Islam spread in the valley, ruled Kashmir until the Chak dynasty displaced it in the 16th century.
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