Soch Kraal

Soch Kral (born Ismail, 1782 29 November 1854), was a Kashmiri Sufi poet, and is a Sufi saint. He was born in 1782 in the village of Inder, in present-day Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir. He was a potter by profession. He lived a simple life devoted to spirituality, monotheism and mysticism. He was the son of the Sufi poet Arif Kral. and died on 29 November 1854 in Inder.

In 2025, Mehfooza Jan, Head of the Department of Kashmiri at the University of Kashmir compiled Soch Kral's poetry into a 234-page book titled Kuliyati Soch Kral, published by Meezan Publishers, Srinagar. The book contains 45 songs, many of which were previously unknown to the public, and includes detailed commentary on his life, poetic style, and spiritual philosophy.

Legacy According to a blogger on Blogspot.com, Soch Kral used poetry as a tool to enlighten the minds of people, and his work promoted Sufism in Kashmiri poetry.

The Soch Kral Memorial College of Education in Pulwama was named after him.

In 2016, at Pulwama Degree College, singer Dhananjay Kaul grouped Lal-Ded, Mahjoor, Wahab Khar, and Soch Kral as among the "Sufi greats that Pulwama has produced", and sung their poetry which he set to music.