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IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE MOST GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL

ORiGIN OF ISLAM IN KASHMIR

Kashmir valley is situated in the north of India with Pakistan in west and china in east in the foothills of Himalayan range of mountains. It is populated by about 70 lac people among them majority is of Muslims. Among the Muslims about 10% are Shia Muslims.

The Muslim religion was brought to Kashmir by a Tibetan prince named syed Abdul Rehman Sharefudeen who is called Bulbul Shah in Kashmir. When he came to Kashmir he converted a Hindu king named Ranchin shah, his ministers and councellers to Muslim religion. Then came Hazrat Shahi Hamdan to Kashmir with a big contingent of scholars and converted people enmass to Muslims. Thus Muslim religion spread in the valley.

In 880 hijri Mir Shams din Iraqi came to Kashmir as an ambassador of his king Hassan Mirza of Khurasan Iraq. Kashmir was ruled at that time by king Hassan Shah. Mir Shams din Iraqi remained in Kashmir for eight years. And during this time was able to convert only one Muslim to Shia Muslim. His name was Baba Ali Nazar of Hasnabad. Then Shams din Iraqi again come to Kashmir, this time as a preacher in the time of king Fateh shah in Kashmir. This time he converted two influential people Mallick Mosa Raina of Chadoora and one Qazi Chak to Shia. Then he went for some time to Tibet and after coming back stayed at Zaidibal where Mallick Mosa Raina who was now a prime Minster got a Khankah constructed for him. Then the Shia Muslims spread to Chadoora, Mirgund Trehgam and many other places.

Similarly his son Mir Danyal spread the Shia Muslims to Kargil, Ladakh, Skardha, Gilgit and others places.

There are many Imambarghas in Kashmir among then the one at Budgam is the biggest. It was constructed in 1857 by Aga Syed Mohammad on the place where Aga syed Mehdi used pray. In 1924 Asgar Ali of Mirgund designed its interior.

In 1954 the Aga Syed Yousuf Al-Mosvi Al-Safvi of Anjuman-e- Shari Shian constructed the present building with indo-Iranian architecture and completely designed in paper mashie work inside.

Anjuman-e-Shari Shian also runs school and other religious seminars, maglises conducted by it.

By……………….. Sibtain Abbas Para                                         Date: - 03/05/2011 R/O Budgam Kashmir