al al - ud - D in , ▁Say y id ▁T aj - ud - D in ▁and ▁Say y id ▁H uss ain ▁Sim an ani . ▁ ▁However , ▁the ▁greatest ▁mission ary ▁whose ▁person ality ▁w ield ed ▁the ▁most ▁extraordinary ▁influence ▁in ▁the ▁spread ▁of ▁Islam ▁in ▁K ash mir ▁was ▁Mir ▁Say y id ▁Ali ▁Ham ad ani ▁of ▁Ham ad an ▁( Pers ia ) ▁popular ly ▁known ▁as ▁Shah - i - H am ad an . ▁He ▁belonged ▁to ▁the ▁Kub raw i ▁order ▁of ▁S uf is ▁and ▁came ▁to ▁K ash mir ▁along ▁with ▁seven ▁hundred ▁dis ci ples ▁and ▁help ers . ▁His ▁emphas is ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁Islam ization ▁of ▁royal ▁family ▁and ▁the ▁court ▁as ▁a ▁pre - re quis ite ▁for ▁Islam izing ▁people . ▁This ▁was ▁an ▁important ▁mod us ▁oper and i ▁adopted ▁by ▁Sy ed ▁Ali ▁and ▁his ▁dis ci ples . ▁He ▁was ▁of ▁the ▁firm ▁belief ▁that ▁the ▁common ▁masses ▁followed ▁the ▁conduct ▁and ▁culture ▁of ▁their ▁r ul ers . ▁His ▁dis ci ples ▁established ▁shr ines ▁with ▁lod ging ▁and ▁lang ar ▁at ▁many ▁places ▁in ▁K ash mir ▁which ▁served ▁as ▁cent ers ▁for ▁propag ation ▁of ▁Islam . ▁His ▁pre aching ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁col oss al ▁number ▁of ▁K ash mi ri ▁people ▁and ▁pri ests ▁of ▁H indu ism ▁Buddh ism ▁ ▁along ▁with ▁thousands ▁of ▁their ▁follow ers ▁converting ▁to ▁Islam ▁which ▁became ▁the ▁vast ly