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Kashmir witnessed a great change in the field of culture and social life during the 14th century. It was the time when Muslim rule firmly established its roots in the green Valley and King Zain-ul-Abidin became the harbinger of new thoughts and ideas. Kashmir had the good fortune of having an equally great tolerant and the noblest ruler that Kashmir has ever known. He did much to heal the wounds inflicted on the non-Muslims of the Valley in the time of his predecessor. He did not brook any inequality in administration and abolished all discriminatory laws of his predecessors. Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin was imbued with high ideals of justice. He believed very firmly that justice is the edifice over which the structure of an efficient administration could be laid. Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin took great interest in the developmental programmes almost in all respects in Kashmir. No other Kashmiri Sultan did so much to promote the welfare of his subjects as Zain-ul-Abidin. He undertook tours to different parts of the country to find out the condition of the people, and how his officers were carrying on the administration. With the same object in view it was his practice. The paper is to describe the all-round development of Kashmir laid down by Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin during his period.