Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah (شيخ محمد عبدالله), known as Sher-e-Kashmir (the Lion of Kashmir) (Dec 5 1905, Soura, Kashmir - Sept 8 1982, Srinagar), was the leader of the National Conference, Kashmir's largest political party, and one of the most important political figures in the modern history of Jammu and Kashmir. He was the Prime Minister of Kashmir soon after its controversial provisional accession to India in 1947, and was later jailed and exiled.