Gazetteer and Military Report of the Gilgit Agency, 1927.

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MILITARY REPORT AND GAZETTEER
OF THE
GILGIT AGENCY
AND THE
INDEPENDENT TERRITORIES OF TAHClR AND DARE1
GENERAL STAFF, INDIA
SECOND EDITION
No. 24180/M0 .-3/Bookr.
Catalogue No. 0. N. 83.
SIMLA.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS.
1928.

The first edition is obsolete and should be destroyed.
Officers are particularly requested to bring to notim
any errors or omissions in this publioation, or any further
authentic ill£o rlnation on the subjects dealt with. Such
communications should be addressed, through the usual
channels, to :--
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Army Head quarters,

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"
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" . . .
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"
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A. H. Mason, D.S.O., D.A.Q.M.G. 1895
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W. F. T. O'Connor, R.G.A. . . . . 1901
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State Infy., Gilgit. (S. S. 0.) . . 1927

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CONTENTS
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PART I
C- I.-QEOGR~PHY.
Boundaries
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Area
Description
Mountains
Passes
Rivers
Lakes
The Gilgit Wazarat
Punial
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Hunza
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Wagir
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Yasin
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Chilas
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Dare1
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'Tangir
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Harban
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Shatial
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Sazin
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Shumar
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Origin
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Castes
Character
Physique
Religion
Social custom
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Laws
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Education
Dress
'OIL'
Population
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Climate 28
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Health . 28
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3Ieteorological 29
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CHAPTER 1V.-RESOURCE.
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Agriculture . . 30
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Trade 31
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Industrlcs 32
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Animals 32
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General H'emarkv
Routes . . . . ..
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Post. and Telegraphs
CHAPTER VI1.-HISTORY.
Gilgit . . . . . ..
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Punial
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Astor .
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Hunw and Nagir
Pasip . . . . . ..
Chilqs. .. . . . . . . . .
Dare1 and Tangir . . . . #. 0.. . I .
CHAPTER VII1.-ADMINIS~ATION.
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Gilgit
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Punial
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Hunza and Nagir .
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Pasin
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Ishkupan
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Chila
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CHAPTERI X.-MIL~UP. 76
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C ~ a ~ r eXga - P o u n c ~
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Intewl relatiope . . 8?
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External relations 84
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