Zain-ul-Abidin, the greatest ruler of medieval Kashmir, is popularly known as
- A.Butshikan
- B.Bud Shah
- C.Shah-i-Bangalah
- D.Malik-us-Sharq
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Bud Shah, meaning the great king, a name the people of Kashmir gave Zain-ul-Abidin and one still used in the valley. He abolished the jizya, recalled the Brahmins who had fled, had the Mahabharata and Kalhana's Rajatarangini translated into Persian, and settled artisans from Samarkand who introduced paper-making, shawl weaving and carpet weaving. Option A is wrong because Butshikan, the idol breaker, is the epithet of his father Sikandar Shah, whose policy Zain-ul-Abidin reversed; placing father and son in the same question is the standard trap here. Option C is wrong because Shah-i-Bangalah was the title taken by Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah of Bengal in the fourteenth century. Option D is wrong because Malik-us-Sharq was the title given to Malik Sarwar, from which the Sharqi dynasty of Jaunpur takes its name.
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- A.Malik Sarwar
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