See also:

• HUNZA (also known as KANJUT)

HUNZA (also known as KANJUT)  and See also:

• NAGAR

NAGAR, two small states on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west frontier of See also:

• KASHMIR, or CASHMERE

Kashmir, formerly under the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of the See also:

• GILGIT

Gilgit agency . The two states, which are divided by a See also:

• RIVER

river which runs in a See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed 600 ft. wide between cliffs 300 ft. high, are inhabited generally by See also:

• PEOPLE

people of the same stock, speaking the same See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, professing the same See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion, and ruled by princes sprung from the same See also:

• FAMILY

family . Nevertheless they have been for centuries persistent rivals, and frequently at See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war with each other . Formerly See also:

• HUNZA (also known as KANJUT)

Hunza was the more prominent of the two, because it held See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the passes leading to the See also:

• PAMIRS

Pamirs, and could See also:

• PLUNDER

plunder the caravans on their way between See also:

• TURKESTAN
• TURKESTAN, or HAZRET

Turkestan and See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . But they are both shut up in a See also:

• RECESS (Lat. recessus, a going back, withdrawal, from recedere, to withdraw)

recess of the mountains, and were of no importance until about 1889, when the advance of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia up to the frontiers of See also:

• AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan, and the See also:

• GREAT

great development of her military See also:

• SOURCES

sources in See also:

• ASIA

Asia, increased the See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity for strengthening the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• LINE

line of See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence . This led to the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the Gilgit agency, the occupation of See also:

• CHITRAL

Chitral, and the Hunza expedition of 1891, which asserted British authority over Hunza and Nagar . The See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is inhabited by a Dard See also:

• RACE

race of the Yeshkun See also:

• CASTE (through the Fr. from Span. and Port. casta, lineage, Lat. cast us, pure)

caste speaking Burishki . For a description of the people see GILGIT . The Hunza-Nagar Expedition of 1891, under See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel A . See also:

• DURAND, ASHER BROWN (1796-1886)
• DURAND, GUILLAUME (d. 1334)
• DURAND, GUILLAUME (GUILLELMUS DURANDUS)

Durand, was due to the defiant attitude of the Hunza and Nagar chiefs towards the • British See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent at Gilgit . The fort at Nilt was stormed, and after a fortnight's delay the cliffs (10oo ft. high) beyond it were also carried by See also:

• ASSAULT (from Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)

assault . Hunza and Nagar were occupied, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of Nagar was reinstated on making his submission, and the See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

• BROTHER

brother of the See also:

• RAJA

raja of Hunza was installed as chief in the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of his brother .