Hunza Valley
The Hunza (Burushaski: ہنزہ, Urdu: ہنزہ) is an uneven valley in the Gilgit–baltistan locale of Pakistan. The Hunza is arranged north/west of the Hunza Stream, at a height of around 2,500 meters (8,200 ft). The region of Hunza is around 7,900 square kilometers (3,100 sq mi). Aliabad is the fundamental town while Baltit is a prominent vacationer terminus in view of the astounding landscape of the encompassing mountains like Ultar Sar, Rakaposhi, Bojahagur Duanasir II, Ghenta Crest, Hunza Top, Passu Top, Diran Top and Bublimotin (Ladyfinger Top), every one of the 6,000 meters (19,685 ft) or higher.
History
Hunza was once in the past a royal state bordering Uyghurstan to the northeast and Pamir to the northwest, which made due until 1974, when it was at long last broken up by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The state circumscribed the Gilgit Organization to the south and the previous royal state of Nagar to the east. The state capital was the town of Baltit (otherwise called Karimabad); an alternate old settlement is Ganish Town. Hunza was an autonomous realm for more than 900 years. The British picked up control of Hunza and the neighboring valley of Nagar somewhere around 1889 and 1892 through a military success. The then Mir/Thum (Ruler) Mir Safdar Ali Khan of Hunza fled to Kashghar in China and looked for what would now be called political asylum.
First Muslim Mir/Thum
"The ruling family of Hunza is called Ayeshe (brilliant). The two states of Hunza and Nagar were earlier one, ruled by an extension of the Shahreis, the decision group of Gilgit, whose seat of government was Nager. Custom has it that Mayroo Khan, clearly the first Muslim Thum of Nagar approximately 200 years after the acquaintance of Islam with Gilgit, wedded a girl of Trakhan of Gilgit, who bore him twin children, named Moghlot and Girkis. From the previous the present governing group of Nager is dropped. The twins are said to have demonstrated unfriendliness to each other from conception. Immediately their father, not able to settle the inquiry of progression, partitioned his state between them, providing for Girkis the north/west, and to Moghlot the south/east bank of the stream."
Mir/Thum
The conventional name for the ruler or Sovereign in Hunza was Thum (additionally Thom or Tham), which is likewise a deferential welcome utilized by the populace of both Hunza and Nager who have a place with the group of Clumsy. The Shin utilize the term Yeshkun for the Boorish.
"Both Thums are likewise tended to as Soori, a title of admiration. This seems, by all accounts, to be the same [in meaning] as Sri, a regularly prefixed to the names of Hindu rulers in India, to indicate their honor and thriving. The Thum's wives are styled ghenish which is very nearly indistinguishable with the first Sanskrit word for mother, and their children are called gushpoor."
2010 Landslide
In 2010, an avalanche obstructed the stream and made Attabad Lake, which undermined 15,000 individuals in the valley underneath and has adequately hindered 27 km of the Karakoram Interstate.
Capital of Hunza
The principal seat of force of the formerly Hunza State was Altit. Later it moved to Baltit (advanced Karimabad). Until the fall of royal state in 1974, Baltit served as political focal point of Hunza and henceforth its capital. Today, Baltit is one of the significant visitor ends of the line in Hunza. The inside of exercises has however to a degree moved to Aliabad, which is a business center in the area and has the vast majority of the legislative framework.
Geography
The Hunza is arranged at a height of around 900 meters (3,000 ft). For a long time, Hunza has given the quickest access to Swat and Gandhara for an individual going on foot.
The course was closed for pack creatures; just human doormen could overcome, and afterward just with authorization from the locals. Hunza was effortlessly shielded as the ways were frequently short of what 0.5 meters (20 in) wide. The high mountain ways frequently crossed exposed precipice confronts on logs wedged into splits in the bluff, with stones adjusted on top. They were likewise continually laid open to normal harm from climate and falling rocks. These were the quite dreaded "hanging paths" of the early travel accounts that startled a few popular Chinese Buddhist monks, for example, Xuanzang.
Hunza is divided into 3 Geographic Sub-Divisions:
Gojjal Valley
Upper Hunza comprises the Gojal tehsil of Hunza–Nagar District. The main towns, villages and valleys are:
Lower Hunza
Central Hunza
Central Hunza comprises the parts of Aliabad tehsil of Hunza–Nagar District. The main towns, villages and valleys are:
- Aliabad
- Dourkhan
- Karimabad
- Baltit Fort
- Altit
- Altit Fort
- Ahmedabad
- Burusho
- Ganish Village
- Garelt
- Hassanabad
- Haiderabad
- Salmanabad
Climate
The temperature in May achieves a greatest of 27 °c (81 °f) and at least 14 °c (57 °f); the October most extreme is 10 °c (50 °f) and the base −10 °c (14 °f). Hunza's visitor season is by and large from May to October, on the grounds that in winter the Karakoram Roadway is frequently hindered by the snow.
People of Hunza
The local dialects talked include Burushaski, Wakhi and Shina, albeit most individuals comprehend and talk Urdu as well. The education rate of the Hunza valley is accepted to be more than 95%. Hunza has been depicted as a "good example" for Pakistan as far as its high writing proficiency rate and school selection figures. For all intents and purpose each kid is taught up to at any rate secondary school level.
The majority of the tenants of Hunza are Ismaili Shia Muslims, devotees of His Greatness Ruler Karim Aga Khan IV, while in Ganish Town more than 65% are Shia Muslims.
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