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Chitral Vally AKA Kunar Valley...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunar_Valley
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunar_River
From ancient times, Chitral was an important point on the trade routes from Northern Afghanistan (ancient Bactria) and the Tarim Basin to the plains of Gandhara (in Northern Pakistan), and the region near Jalalabad, in eastern Afghanistan.
The ruling family of Chitral traces its decent from Baba Ayub, a disciple of the saint, Kamal Shah Shams ud-din Tabrizi, who settled in the village of Lon and Gokher. According to family tradition, Ayub was a son of Fareidun Hussein, tenth son of Shah Abu'l Ghazi Sultan Husayn Bayqarah, a Timurid King of Khorasan. However, Persian, Central Asian or Mughal sources are silent on such a connection.
Baba Ayub, is said to have arrived in Chitral from Khorasan, married the daughter of the ruler, a supposed descendant of Alexander the Great. The grandson of this marriage founded the present dynasty. Accordingly, the family actually owes their fortunes to Sangan Ali, sometime Minister to Shah Rais, ruler of Chitral during the sixteenth century. His sons seized power following his death in 1570, establishing a new ruling dynasty over the state. The present ruling dynasty descends from the second of these two sons.
The ruling family of Chitral was the Katur dynasty, founded by Shah Katur (1585-1630), which governed Chitral until 1969 when the government of Pakistan took over. During the reign of Mehtar Aman-ul-Mulk, known as Lot (Great) Mehtar, the dynasty's sway extended from Asmar in the Kunar Valley of Afghanistan to Punial in the Gilgit Valley.
Tribes in Upper Swat, Dir Kohistan and Kafiristan (present day Nuristan, not to be confused with the Kalasha valleys which have always been an integral part of Chitral) paid tribute to the Mehtar of Chitral.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/roots/dispatches/g830....
www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullmaps_sa.nsf/luFullMap/27BAEA85...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunar_Valley
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunar_River
From ancient times, Chitral was an important point on the trade routes from Northern Afghanistan (ancient Bactria) and the Tarim Basin to the plains of Gandhara (in Northern Pakistan), and the region near Jalalabad, in eastern Afghanistan.
The ruling family of Chitral traces its decent from Baba Ayub, a disciple of the saint, Kamal Shah Shams ud-din Tabrizi, who settled in the village of Lon and Gokher. According to family tradition, Ayub was a son of Fareidun Hussein, tenth son of Shah Abu'l Ghazi Sultan Husayn Bayqarah, a Timurid King of Khorasan. However, Persian, Central Asian or Mughal sources are silent on such a connection.
Baba Ayub, is said to have arrived in Chitral from Khorasan, married the daughter of the ruler, a supposed descendant of Alexander the Great. The grandson of this marriage founded the present dynasty. Accordingly, the family actually owes their fortunes to Sangan Ali, sometime Minister to Shah Rais, ruler of Chitral during the sixteenth century. His sons seized power following his death in 1570, establishing a new ruling dynasty over the state. The present ruling dynasty descends from the second of these two sons.
The ruling family of Chitral was the Katur dynasty, founded by Shah Katur (1585-1630), which governed Chitral until 1969 when the government of Pakistan took over. During the reign of Mehtar Aman-ul-Mulk, known as Lot (Great) Mehtar, the dynasty's sway extended from Asmar in the Kunar Valley of Afghanistan to Punial in the Gilgit Valley.
Tribes in Upper Swat, Dir Kohistan and Kafiristan (present day Nuristan, not to be confused with the Kalasha valleys which have always been an integral part of Chitral) paid tribute to the Mehtar of Chitral.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/roots/dispatches/g830....
www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullmaps_sa.nsf/luFullMap/27BAEA85...
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Coordinates: 35°49'56"N 71°47'46"E
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- Poshkāri Glacier 28 km
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- Kumrat Valley 44 km
- Manial Glacier 49 km
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