Sankara (chief physician), and Laddaraja. Issues, death, and succession Sikandar was married to at-least three women: Mera; an unnamed daughter of Pala Deo; and, Sobha about whom Jonaraja does not provide any details. He had at least five sons—Firuz (adopted by Sobha; sent alongside Hamadani, in his return journey to Iran), Shadi Khan (adopted by Sobha), Mir Khan (from Mira), Shahi Khan (from Mira), and Muhammad Khan (from Mira)—, and at least two daughters (both adopted by Sobha). Sobha is understood to have been likely infertile. Sikandar is claimed to have met a prolonged and painful death, seemingly from elephantiasis, in April 1413. After his death, Sikandar's eldest son Mir was anointed as the Sultan, having adopted the title of Ali Shah. Two years later, Mir was succeeded by Shadi Khan, who adopted the name Zain-ul-Abidin. Legacy Under Ali Shah's regime, Suhabhatta became the Prime Minister and the de facto ruler; Jonaraja claims that persecution increased manifold with forced conversions becoming commonplace, Hindu customs being banned, and Brahmans being prohibited to leave the territory despite being forced into unemployment. A regime of tolerance was however re-introduced under Zain-ul-Abidin, with Suhabhatta dead from tuberculosis; Hindu artists were provided with state-patronage, temples were rebuilt, Brahmans-in-exile were brought back, taxes reduced, and neo-Muslims were allowed to convert back. Tohfatu'l-Ahbab, writing in the 16th century, blamed the poor state of Islam in the valley on Zain. Despite these reverses, the Islamisation of elite politics meant very few caste groups other than Brahmans took the opportunity of re-conversion and a largely irreversible change set-in in post-Sikandar Kashmir. The Hindus receded into relative political unimportance, with Pandit nobles being last prominent in the court of Hasan Shah, Zain's grandson. Nonetheless, Hinduism flourished among the masses even a century after Sikandar's death. Notes References Sultans of Kashmir 14th-century births 15th-century deaths 14th-century Indian Muslims 15th-century Indian Muslims