Italic textHUNZA 

Hunza is considered to be the greatest mounatin civilization. Its unique Socio-economic-political system was the greatest factor in developing the society of Hunza. There are three regions of Hunza, Shinaki or lower Hunza where peoiple speak shina. Central hunza where the lunguage is Burushiaski and Herber or Gojal where Wakhi is spoken. The Wakhi is spoken in Ishkoman, and Southern parts of Tadjistan. According tyo the recent research the forefathers of burusho migrated from Macedonia in the era of the Alexander the great I 1500 BC. The reasons seems to be a sort of nataural Catastrophe or contageous disease which forced about 200,000 Macedonians to flee their country eastwards to Turkey where they dwelled for several centuries. The Hill side cave dwellings are said to be the abode of Burusho. A few of the migrants moved from Turky eastwards to Northern Afghanistan where Uncivilised tribes massacred the helpless migrants. A very few of them reached Hunza and sellted there. A recent search by Casule tells us there are many common words in Bushushiaski and Macedonian lunguage which is used for religious rituals..

Faraj Baltit, Hunza 22nd September 2005

Mir is a Persian word, synonymous with emir, which means leader of a group or tribe. In the tribal societies of the Indian Subcontinent many people used this word with their names, to signify leadership. Mir is a Persian word, synonymous to emir, and it means leader of a group or tribe. ... Persian (فارسی / پارسی), (local name in Iran/Persia, Afghanistan and Tajikistan: ‘Fârsi’), ‘Pârsi’ (older local name, but still used by some speakers), Tajik (a Central Asian dialect) or Dari (another local name in Tajikistan and Afghanistan), is a language spoken in Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, western Pakistan, Bahrain, and elsewhere. ... Entrance to the emirs palace in Bukhara. ...

The rulers of Hunza who used to have the Burushaski title of Tham later changed his title to Mir. In 1974 the state became a part of the Northern Areas of Pakistan under the Pakistani Federal Government. The last Mir of Hunza was Mir Muhammad Jamal Khan. Hunza is the northernmost part of a region known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Gilgit-Baltistan or the Northern Areas is the northernmost region of Pakistan. ... Mir Muhammad Jamal Khan (1912-76) was the last ruler or Mir of Hunza of the former princely state, known as Hunza. ...

External links

• The Changing Northern Areas
• Pakistan's Northern Areas dilemma
• Northern Areas Development Gateway
• Pakistan's Northern Areas
• Northern Pakistan's Karakoram & Hindukush Mountains
• The Mountain Areas Conservancy Project
• Not ‘Mir of Hunza’ An anti-Mir letter to the editor: one man's opinion, and of undetermined significance.