Month: June 2022
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Collection of the Memoirs of the Last Rani of the former Hunza state: An Exclusive and Inspiring Discussion of Late Madam Shams-un Nihar Wife of Mir Muhammad Jamal Khan
By Fazal Amin Beg Twenty two years ago, before leaving for China to pursue my first anthropological fieldwork on the Kinship and Marriage System in the Wakhi Tajik Society, I thought to also venture in the field of biographic interviews of different people starting from Hunza valley. On July 16, 2000, when the first year…
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A Unique Gift from Hunza Valley, Northern Pakistan: Historical Persian Quatrains (Ruboyot) on the Ancient Silk Road caravans and Traders
By Fazal Amin Beg Background and Introduction A high level of fame and significance of the ancient Silk Road starting from Xian (Chang An) China and linking the eastern world with those of the western regions is not hidden from the people. Those interested to know about it have unveiled a lot of aspects of…