Astore Valley
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| Astore Valley | |
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| File:AstorePeak.jpg Photograph of an unnamed, 5400-metre peak raising jagged, snow-clad ramparts above the Astore Valley | |
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| Floor elevation | 2,600 m (8,500 ft) |
| Length | 120 km (75 mi) |
| Naming | |
| Native name | وادی استور (Urdu) |
| Geography | |
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The Astore Valley (Urdu: وادی استور; el. 2,600 m (8,500 ft)) is a valley located in the Astore District of Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]According to The Imperial Gazetteer of India, around 1600:
Ghāzī Mukhpun, a Persian adventurer, is said to have married a princess of the Skārdu reigning family. The four sons born of this union became Rās of Skārdu, Astor, Roundu, and Kharmang respectively, and from them are descended the families of the present chiefs of those places. The independence of Astor ceased at the Dogra conquest. Afgan Kings SKW family are also here=(ARIFI Family)[2]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Gilgit - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 12, p. 239 According to the Imperial Gazetteer, which was compiled in the first decade of the twentieth century, the marriage took place over three hundred years ago
