Bud Shah, the Great King  Even after six centuries, the name Bud Shah among all Kashmiris evokes a feeling of admiration and reverence. Even now when boatmen drag their barges along the Jehlum River or labourers push heavy loads, they recite the words, “Bud Shah, Pad Shah”. Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin, popularly called Bud Shah, Pad Shah, and the most revered King in Kashmir’s history ruled from 1420 to 1470. One of the most absorbing and detailed accounts of his reign is given in the History of Kashmir by PNK Bamzai. A summary of this account reproduced here can be a good blueprint for our present rulers if they care to follow it! Known in his younger days as Shahi Khan, Zain-ul-Abidin was the second and the most favourite son of Sultan Sikandar but was unlike his father in many ways. The period of his father is remembered for persecution of Brahmans, a large number of whom had migrated from Kashmir. It has been pointed out by some historians that Sikandar was not so cruel
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