▁dominant ▁religion ▁of ▁the ▁K ash mi ri ▁masses ▁by ▁the ▁four teenth ▁century . ▁Gre ater ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁which ▁was ▁h indu ▁till ▁ 1 3 0 0 bc , ▁however , ▁was ▁force fully ▁converted ▁during ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁Sultan ▁S ik ander . ▁making ▁k ash mir ▁mus lim ▁majority ▁ ▁Mir ▁Say y id ▁Ali ▁Ham ad ani ' s ▁impact ▁in ▁K ash mir ▁was ▁not ▁only ▁conf ined ▁to ▁religion ▁but ▁had ▁a ▁great ▁say ▁on ▁culture , ▁industry ▁and ▁economy ▁of ▁K ash mir . ▁Sp read ▁of ▁sh aw l ▁making , ▁car pet ▁manufact uring , ▁cloth ▁we aving , ▁etc . ▁gained ▁great ▁prom in ence ▁by ▁his ▁efforts . ▁ ▁S ikh ▁Empire ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 9 ▁K ash mir ▁came ▁under ▁Mah ar aj ah ▁Ran j it ▁Singh ' s ▁S ikh ▁Empire ▁and ▁S ikh ▁rule ▁over ▁K ash mir ▁last ed ▁for ▁ 2 7 ▁years ▁till ▁ 1 8 4 6 . ▁These ▁ 2 7 ▁years ▁of ▁S ikh ▁rule ▁saw ▁ 1 0 ▁Govern ors ▁in ▁K ash mir . ▁Of ▁these ▁ 1 0 ▁Govern ors ▁five ▁were ▁H ind us , ▁three ▁were ▁S ik hs ▁and ▁two ▁were ▁Muslim s . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁K ash mir is ▁had ▁suffered ▁under ▁the ▁Afghan ▁r ul ers , ▁they ▁initially ▁wel com ed ▁the ▁S ikh ▁rule . ▁However ▁the ▁S ik hs ▁turned ▁out ▁to