Soz (1937– ), long-time member of the Parliament of India, former Union Minister of Environment & Forests, former Minister of Water Resources, President JKPCC Saifuddin Kitchlew (1888–1963), freedom fighter and politician Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan President and Prime Minister of Azad Jammu & Kashmir Sardar Khalid Ibrahim Khan, Politician Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Politician, Freedom Fighter and Former President of Azad Jammu & Kashmir Shabana Mahmood, British Labour Party politician and barrister. Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham. Shabir Shah (1953– ), Founder of the Jammu & Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party. Known as Nelson Mandela of Indian Administered Kashmir Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad Ex Federal Information Minister Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan. Sheikh Abdullah (1905–1982), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1948–1953), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1975–1977, 1977–1982) Sheila Kaul (1915– ), former Indian governor and cabinet minister, social reformer, and educationist Sher Ahmed Khan, Guerrilla fighter and also served as the President of Azad Kashmir Syed Ali Shah Geelani (1929– ) Member Jamait-e-Islami, Founder and Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat J&K, Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference Syed Mir Qasim, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1971–1975) Usman Dar, politician of PTI from Sialkote Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900–1990) Indian diplomat and politician. Sister of Jawaharlal Nehru Zarah Sultana British Labour Party politician who and the Member of Parliament Royalty Avantivarman, King of Kashmir Didda, Ruler of Kashmir Durlabhaka-Pratapaditya II Durlabhavardhana, founder of Karkota dynasty Lalitaditya Muktapida, emperor of Kashmir (724–760) Sankaravarman, King of Kashmir Saints, mystics and philosophers Kashyapa Baba Shadi Shaheed, a Sufi Saint and first Chib Rajput convert to Islam Bhagwan Gopinath (1898–1968), a mystic and saint Bhatta Kallata Shaivite scholar Hamza Makhdoom (c. 1494 – c. 1576), popularly known as Makhdoom Sahib, a Kashmiri Sufi mystic, scholar and spiritual teacher Lal Ded (1320–1392), a Shaivite saint Mian Muhammad Bakhsh (1830–1907), kashmiri Gujjar a Sufi saint and poet Rupa Bhawani (ca. 1620 – ca. 1720), a mystic from the Saahib clan of Kashmiri Pandits Somananda Shaivite non dualism mystic Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali (1377–1440), a saint who belonged to the Rishi order Swami Lakshman Joo (1907–1991), a scholar of Kashmir Shaivism Scholars and educationists Ahmad Hasan Dani (1920–2009), Pakistani intellectual, archaeologist, historian, and prolific linguist Aga Syed Yousuf, (1904-1982) was a Kashmiri religious scholar and leader of Shia Muslims. He founded the influential Anjuman-e-Sharie organization. Balajinnatha Pandita (1916–2007), Sanskrit scholar, expert on Kashmir Shaivism Braj Kachru (1932– ),