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the Sultans of Kashmir. 
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title of Shams ud Din. (There is just a possibility that coins Nos. 11 
and 12 are of this Sultan. The points in favour of this view are (1) 
the archaic forms of the letters, (2) light weight evidently caused by 
wear, and (3) the fact that Shams ud Din I was a ruler of some import¬ 
ance, whereas Shams ud Din II was a puppet king.) 
He reigned in all three years and died in his eightieth year. His 
reign would seem to have been a beneficial one. He raised two families 
to eminence the Cliakks and the Makaris. From these two families 
the chief generals and leaders and soldiers were drawn. He left the 
throne to his two sons Jamshed and Ali Slier. This was about 750 
A. H. as Shams ud Din obtained the throne about 747 A. H. and reigned 
three years. 
(The above is one account. A manuscript history says that Zulju 
in 724 A. H. came to Kashmir with an army of Turks and Moguls when 
Rinchina was king. This Zulju is represented as marrying Rinchina’s 
widow. The MS,, goes on to say that Sliamsher got the throne in 
742 A. H. and Alarud-Din in 748, A. H. We must not expect exactness 
in either names or dates from native historians. Indeed all throughout 
we may lay this down as an axiom that ignorant copyists can never be 
trusted to make accurate copies of books they do not understand. 
Another MS. which I consulted on a former occasion has it that Ratan- 
giri was the first Sultan of Kashmir and that he was a second Solomon. 
Zulju is said to have come from Kandahar and to have returned 
there.) 
Ala-ud-Din .—After the death of Shams-ud-Din, the brothers fought 
for the throne for about fourteen months. Eventually Shah Jamshed 
was defeated and Ali Slier came to the throne under the title of 
Ala-ud-Din and he made his younger brother Sherashanak his waqih 
In the early years of his reign there was plenty in the land, but the 
latter part of it was troubled with famine. One good law he made :—• 
that no bad woman should have any inheritance from her husband. 
This law acted well. It restrained the women. This lets in a little light 
on the social condition of that time and land. Ala-ud-Din reigned 
twelve years eight months and thirteen days. 
Shahab-ud-Dln .—His younger brother ascended the throne under 
the name of Shahab-ud-Din. He was a great conqueror. The day that 
passed without the receipt of a report of some victory or other obtained 
by his troops he did not count as a day of his life. Kandahar and Gazni 
feared him. He himself went to Peshawar and threaded the passes of 
the Hindu Kush. He planted his tents on the banks of the Satlaj 
and in the way the Rajah of Nagarkot (Kangrah) gave in his submission. 
This rajah was just returning from a plundering expedition in the 
