the first muslim ruler of kashmir, sultan sadruddin was a ladakhi. his real name was gialpo, (prince) renchan. he came down to kashmir valley in the reign of raja sahdev and acquired a place in the courtiers of the army chief ram chandra. by and by he succeeded in rising to the throne in 1324. he married ram chandra's daughter kotarani who later on proved to be a courageous and enterprising lady. king renchan embraced islam at the hands of a muslim saint and preacher abdur rehman, bulbul shah and adopted the name of sultan saruddin for himself. he died in 1327 after ruling the country far a short period of 3 years.