Chak dynasty

House of Chak
Kashmiri royal family
Parent houseDardic
CountryKashmir Sultanate
Place of originGurez, Dardistan
Founded1561 (1561)
FounderGhazi Shah Chak
Current headYasir Rashid Chak
Final rulerYakub Shah Chak
Titles
Style(s)Sultan
Connected familiesShah Mir
Magre
Bhat
TraditionsIslamic
Kashmiri
Persian
Motto
نرجو أن يتم الحفاظ عليها من الدمار

(May it be preserved from destruction)
Estate(s)Srinagar
Dissolution8 August 1589 (1589-08-08)
Deposition14 October 1586 (1586-10-14)

The Chak dynasty (Persian: چک , Persian pronunciation: [t͡ʃak] ; Kashmiri: ژَکھ , Kashmiri pronunciation: [t͡sakʰ]) was a Kashmiri dynasty of Dardic origin that ruled over the Kashmir sultanate in medieval Kashmir after the Shah Mir dynasty. The dynasty rose to power in 1561 in Srinagar after the death of the Turco-Mongol military general, Mirza Haidar Dughlat when Ghazi Shah assumed the throne by dethroning Habib Shah, the last Shah Mir Sultan. The dynasty ended in 1589 when Yakub Shah surrendered to Mughal Emperor Akbar.