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Islam is the majority religion practised in Kashmir, with 97.16% of the region's population identifying as Muslims as of 2014. [1] The religion came to the region with the arrival of Mir sayed Ali shah Hamdani, a Muslim Sufi preacher from Central Asia and Persia, beginning in the early 14th century.
Religious buildings and structures in Jammu and Kashmir (4 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Religion in Jammu and Kashmir" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Islam started making inroads in the 12th and 13th centuries. The earliest copy of Quran in Kashmir dates back to 1237 AD and was calligraphed by Fateh Ullah Kashmiri who is believed to be a then Kashmiri Islamic scholar. [18] The first Muslim missionary in Kashmir was Syed Sharaf-ud-Din Abdur Rahman Suhrawardi, popularly known as Bulbul Shah.
Jammu [b] and Kashmir [c] (abbreviated J&K) is a region administered by India as a union territory [1] and consists of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and between India and China since 1959. [3]
In the centuries that followed, Kashmir produced many poets, philosophers, and artists who contributed to Sanskrit literature and Hindu religion. Among notable scholars of this period was Vasugupta ( c. 875–925 CE ) who wrote the Shiva Sutras which laid the foundation for a monistic Shaiva system called Kashmir Shaivism .
The Sikh population in Jammu and Kashmir is estimated to be between 100,000 (as reported by The Hindu on February 13, 1998) and 180,000 (as reported by The Tribune on October 4, 1998). This Sikh population constitutes approximately 1.3 percent of the overall population, which stands at 13 million (as per Kashmir.net, no specific date provided).
Largest Mosque in Jammu and Kashmir, commissioned by Sultan Sikandar at the behest of Mir Mohammad Hamadani, son of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, [1] [2] Aali Mosque: Eidgah Shah-i-Hamdan, Srinagar: 1417 AD Situated at the premises of Eidgah Shah-i-Hamdan [3] [4] [5] Hazratbal Shrine: Hazratbal, Srinagar: 1600s Situated on the northern bank of Dal ...
Dharmarth Trust (also spelt Dharmartha) in Jammu and Kashmir was founded by Maharaja Gulab Singh in 1846 as an endowment for religious charity, and to manage and support Hinduism. [1] In 1884, and under Maharaja Ranbir Singh , the Ain-i-Dharmath (in Persian ) or 'The Regulations for the Dharmarth Trust' were formulated and a government ...