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=Hunza-Nagar=
Two small chiefships lying to the extreme north-
west of Kashmir, on the banks of the Hunza river. Towards the
north they extend into the mountainous region which adjoins the
junction of the Hindu Kush and Muztagh ranges ; in the south they
border on Gilgit ; on the west Hunza is separated from Ashkuman and
Yasin by a range of mountains ; while the Muztagh range divides
Nagar from Baltistan on the east. The inhabitants of both chiefships
come from the same stock and speak the same language, but are not
usually on good terms with each other. In Hunza the people are
Maulais or Ismailis, followers of the Aga Khan, while in Nagar they
are ordinarily Shiahs.

Lying between these States and Gilgit are Chaprot and Chalt fort
with some attached villages, which were long a source of contention
between the rival chiefs. In 1877 the ruler of Nagar, with the
assistance of the Kashmir Darbar, successfully occupied the disputed
tract; but in 1886 he was persuaded to withdraw his troops, which
were replaced by a garrison from Kashmir. In the same year Ghazan
Khan, the Tham or chief of Hunza, was murdered by his son Safdar
All, who succeeded him and professed submission to the Maharilja
of Kashmir. The two chiefs combined in 1888, and ejected the
Kashmir troops from Chaprot and Chalt, even threatening Gilgit ;
but both strongholds were reoccupicd by the Kashmir forces after
a few months.

A British Agency was re-established at Gilgit in 1889; and the
chiefs agreed to respect the control of the Agent, to allow free passage
through their territory, and to stop raiding on the Varkand road and
elsewhere, yearly subsidies being granted to them, besides the amount
paid by the Kashmir State. These engagements were not respected ;
and in May, 1891, a combined force from Hunza and Nagar threatened
Chalt, but dispersed on the arrival of reinforcements. T.ator in the
year they refused to allow roads to be made to Chalt, extending to
their own country, and it ])ecame necessary to dispatch troops against
them. Nagar and Hunza were occupied, and the Tham of the former
place submitted, while Safdar All, the Tham of Hunza, fled to Chinese
Turkistan. The subsidies were withdrawn, and a Political officer and
military force remained at Hunza till 1897; but in 1892 Muhammad
Nazim Khan was installed as Tham in place of his half-brother Safdar
Ah, while the Tham of Nagar was reinstated. In 1895 subsidies were
again granted by the Government of India and the Kashmir .State, and
in the same year both chiefs assisted in the relief of Chitral. Zafar
Zahid Khan, Tham of Nagar, died in 1904 and was succeeded by his
son Sikandar Khan.

The chief of Hunza, who claims Roskam and the Taghdumbash
Pamir north of the Hindu Kush watershed, is permitted to exchange
presents with the Chinese authorities in Kashgar, but these relations
are under consideration. Both States are autonomous as regards
internal affairs, and acknowledge the suzerainty of the Maharaja of
Kashmir, to whom they pay a tribute of nominal value. They furnish
levies for the defence of the frontier, who receive pay from the
Kashmir State, and are armed with Snider carbines, presented by
the Government of India.

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Pdewan at 16:51, 21 November 2014

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OXFORD, A..."