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Zayn-ul-ʿĀbidīn
Indian ruler
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contribution to Kashmiri literature
- In South Asian arts: Kashmiri
…of the country, such as Zayn-ul-ʿĀbidīn, in whose 15th-century court were many scholars and poets writing in both the Kashmiri and Persian languages.
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founder of kashmir shawl industry
- In kashmir shawl
…founder of the industry was Zayn-ul-ʿĀbidīn, a 15th-century ruler of Kashmir who introduced weavers from Turkistan. Although woolen shawls were mentioned in writings of the 3rd century bc and the 11th century ad, it is only in the 16th century that the first specific references to Kashmir work appeared.
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