Reigned 1579 to 1586Kashmir
The last independent king of Kashmir.
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Yusuf Shah Chak ruled during the final years before the Mughal conquest. Summoned by Akbar and defeated in 1586, he was taken away and died in exile in Bihar. Many Kashmiris remember him as the last ruler of an independent Kashmir.
Facts
- He was a patron of music and poetry.
- Rivals at court briefly drove him from the throne early in his reign.
