Islam, architecture and Kashmir are great indicators of the region's history. We take a look at the essential Kashmiri history; from the origins of Islam in Kashmir to the politics of empire and also the history of Shias in Kashmir.

Our guest is Sameer Hamdani. He is the Design Director at INTACH Kashmir, whose primary area of research is in the field of Islamic religious architecture in South Asia. He has widely written on the Muslim material culture of Kashmir. The Syncretic Traditions of Islamic Religious Architecture of Kashmir (Early 14th ‐ 18th Century) and Shi’ism in Kashmir: A history of Sunni‐Shia rivalry and reconciliation.

The language is in Kashmiri, Urdu and English.

0:00 - Uniqueness of Kashmir

1:42 - The First Muslims of Kashmir

4:45 - Syncretism of Kashmir's Architecture

11:19 - The Story of Jamia Masjid

14:08 - The Case of Pathar Masjid

15:30 - Khanqah - e - Nurbakhsiya

16:28 - Koh -e- Suleyman

18:07 - Koh -e- Maran

20:00 - Evolution of Khanqah

23:48 - Mullah Akhund Mosque

26:50 - The Mughal Invasion

28:20 - Architecture as Power

31:30 - The Shia Kashmir

34:50 - The Kashmiri Shias of Lahore

38:07 - The Persecution of Kashmiri Shias

39:10 - The Shia-Sunni Unity

44:38 - The Aali Masjid