Dardistan in 1866, 1886 and 1893: Being an account of the history, religions, customs, legends, fables, and songs of Gilgit, Chilas, Kandia (Gabrial), Dasin, Chitral, Hunsa, Nagyr, and other parts of the Hindukush, as also a supplement to the second edition of the Hunza and Nagyr handbook and an epitome of part III of the author's "The languages and races of Dardistan"Leitner, G. W. (Gottlieb William)
History
Dardistan in 1866, 1886 and 1893: Being an account of the history, religions, customs, legends, fables, and songs of Gilgit, Chilas, Kandia (Gabrial), Dasin, Chitral, Hunsa, Nagyr, and other parts of the Hindukush, as also a supplement to the second edition of the Hunza and Nagyr handbook and an epitome of part III of the author's "The languages and races of Dardistan"
Leitner, G. W. (Gottlieb William)
Dardistan (Pakistan) -- History
_Genealogies and History of Dardistan (pages 67 to 111)_ 67
Rough Chronological Sketch from 1800 to 1872 70
Note on Events since 1872, and in 1891 and 1892 75
Introduction to “THE DARD WARS WITH KASHMÎR” 77
Routes to Chilás 79
I. Struggles for the Conquest of Chilás 80
II. Wars for the possession of Gilgit 88
III. Wars on Yasin, and the massacre of its inhabitants 95
IV. War with Nagyr and Hunza (1864) 98
V. War with Dareyl (Yaghistán) (1866) 101
Mir Wali and Mulk Aman (with a note on the murder of Hayward) 104
Account of Kashmîr atrocities 106
Remarks on Dardistan in 1893 108
Treaty of the British Government with Kashmîr 110
Note on the Hunza-Nagyr Genealogy 111
APPENDICES:
I. Hunza, Nagyr, and the Pamir Regions. (With an Autograph
Letter of the Tham of Nagyr, and other Illustrations) 24 pages
II. Notes on Recent Events in Chilás and Chitrál, with a
photograph of H. H. the present Mihtar of Chitrál,
Nizám-ul-Mulk, his former Yasin Council and Chitráli
Musicians 19 pages
III. Fables, Legends, and Songs of Chitrál (one in musical
notation), by H. H. Mihtar Nizám-ul-Mulk 14 pages
IV. Races and Languages of the Hindukush [The Kohistán,
Gabriál, etc.], with a Note on Polo in Hunza-Nagyr 18 pages
V. Anthropological Observations and Measurements 8 pages
VI. Rough Itineraries in the Hindukush and to Central Asia,
Routes i, ii, and iii 12 pages
VII. (_a_) A Secret Religion in the Hindukush and in the
Lebanon 14 pages
(_b_) The Kelám-i-pîr and Esoteric Muhammadanism 9 pages
VIII. On the Sciences of Language and of Ethnography, with
special reference to the Language and Customs of
Hunza (a separate pamphlet) 16 pages
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.
1. Map of Dardistan and of the Pamirs (abridged from Dr.
Leitner’s large Map of Dardistan and a number of
Native Maps and Itineraries).
2. First Group of Dards, etc., taken in 1866. (Facing page 1.)
3. Group of Natives from Hunza, Yasin, and Nagyr,
listening to a Chitráli and a Badakhshi Musician. (Facing page 22.)
4. A Dance at Gilgit. (Facing page 36.)
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