Category: Biographies
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Some Remarkable and Enthralling Life Stories of Wazir and Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Former Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan Region
By Fazal Amin Beg This small contribution on the wonderful life stories of Mir (rather Wazir) Ghazanfar Ali Khan, a former Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan Region, is based on an in-depth interview that I had taken on July 20, 2014. The interview continued for over two hours and one hour out of it was dedicated specifically…
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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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Muhammad Tahir Advocate of the Northern Pakistan: A Determined and Marvellous Personality with Series of Life Achievements
By Fazal Amin Beg No matter whatever a person’s personal or familial background or the conditions within the overall environment may be, iff he or she is determined to do something extraordinary in life, nothing could stop him or her to do it, though the strategy and timeline may vary in the cases of individuals.…
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Poetry: A Brief Introduction to Some Chinese Wakhi Poets from Xinjiang
By Fazal Amin Beg (based on an interview in 2014) Islom Ijot of Dafdor IslomIjot was born in 25 May, 1990 in Dafdor, Tashkurghan County of Xinjiang, Peoples Republic of China. He got his primary middle level education in 2004 and middle education in 2007. ShokatNodek ShokatNodek was born on 15 May, 1977 in Dafdor,…
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Poetry: A Short Biography of Masood Ali Khan Khalil of Gulmit, Hunza
By Fazal Amin Beg (based on an interview in 2014) Masood Ali Khan son of Ibrahim Khan Khalil, belonging to the Buduley clan, was born on December 25, 1988 in Gulmit, Hunza. He has four brothers and two sisters. Masood Ali Khan got his elementary education from F.G Boys High School Gulmit and enrolled in…
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Poetry: A Short Biography of Faiz Rahim Faiz of Murkhun, Hunza
By Fazal Amin Beg(based on a telephonic interview in 2015) Faiz Rahim son of Faiz Ali was born on May 3, 1975 in Murkhun village of Upper Hunza. He has a son, two brothers and two sisters. He belongs to the Posh lineage group of Bobo Sufi clan of Avgarch valley. Faiz Rahim received his…
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Poetry: A Short Biography of Alam Jan Daryo of Chipursan Valley, Hunza
By Fazal Amin Beg(based on an interview in 2015) Alam Jan Daryo son of Haji Muhammad was born on 2 February, 1968 in Zuwudkhun of Chipursan valley in Hunza. He belongs to the Hassan clan of Passu. He has two sons and two daughters. Alam Jan Daryo got his elementary education from the Diamond Jubilee…
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Poetry: A Short Biography of Abuzar Ali Abuzar of Gulmit, Hunza
By Fazal Amin Beg(based on an interview in 2014) Abuzar Ali son of Muhammad Abdullah, belonging to the Buduley clan, was born on 22 February, 1988 in Gulmit, Hunza. He has five brothers and one sister. Abuzar Ali got his elementary and secondary level education from Al-Amyn Model School Gulmit. After completion of his matriculation…
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A Brief Biography of Ahsan Ali Ahsan of Chipursan Valley, Hunza
By Fazal Amin Beg(based on an interview in 2015) Asan Ali Ahsan son of ShamsAliwas born on March, 1, 1961 in Zuwudkhun village of Chipursan valley in Hunza.He has 5 children (3 sons and 2 daughters). He belongs to the Nakhchirey clan of Ghulkin; and his grandfather migrated from Ghulkin to and settled in Zuwudkhun.…