Rinchan

Rinchen, also called Lhachen Rinchan Bhoti, was a Ladakhi Buddhist nobleman. After his father and kinsmen were murdered by the Kalamanya clan, he feigned peace to avenge them before seeking his fortune in Kashmir. In the chaos after a Mongol invasion he seized the Kashmir throne in 1320, founding the Kashmir Sultanate.

He later converted to Islam under the influence of the Sufi Bulbul Shah, becoming the valley's first Muslim ruler and taking the name Sadr al-Din Shah. He built the Big Mosque and died on 25 November 1323, leaving his son Haidar Khan to Shah Mir's care.