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Gilgit

Gilgit is the capital city of the Northern Areas, Pakistan. Its ancient name was Sargin which later on came to be known as Gilit. Sikh and Dogra conquerors gave it name of Gilgit. It is the headquarters of Gilgit District. The region lies on the foothills of the Karakoram mountains, and has an average altitude of 5,000 ft (1,500 m). It is drained by the Indus River, which rises in the neighbouring regions of Ladakh and Baltistan.

Gilgit Agency was the name of most of the area of northern Kashmir which formed a de facto dependency of Pakistan from 1947 to 1970, which was then merged into Northern Areas. The Agency was administered directly from Islamabad separately from the neighbouring state of Azad Kashmir and the princely states of Hunza and Nagar. The area of the Agency comprised the traditional region of Gilgit and most of the region of Baltistan. The Agency also bordered the Sinkiang region of China to the northeast, the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir to the south, and the North-West Frontier Province to the west. Both India and Pakistan recognise the regions of Gilgit and Baltistan as disputed and technically part of the divided State of Jammu & Kashmir.
Sayyid Ali Hamadani, a fourteenth century Persian, brought Islam to the region.

Gilgit-fields
Gilgit-fields
Birds and meat
Birds and meat
G. M. Baig
G. M. Baig
Mir Zamon
Mir Zamon
Gilgit - open bazaar (day)
Gilgit - open bazaar (day)
Gilgit - open bazaar (night)
Gilgit - open bazaar (night)
Empty carts - early morning
Empty carts - early morning
Full carts - later morning
Full carts - later morning
Empty carts
Empty carts
Full carts
Full carts
Street side kabab
Street side kabab
Bakery and sweet shop
Bakery and sweet shop
Bedford Truck
Bedford Truck
Vershingoom Inn Staff
Vershingoom Inn Staff
Vershingoom Inn - Mir Zaman
Vershingoom Inn - Mir Zaman
Arman Baig's dinner
Arman Baig's dinner
Bazaar Smoke
Bazaar Smoke
Decorated bicycle
Decorated bicycle
Bus with airplane over cab
Bus with airplane over cab
House with old woodcarving
House with old woodcarving
Karakorams from airplane
Karakorams from airplane
Mountians between Gilgit and Rawalpindi
Mountians between Gilgit and Rawalpindi
Mountians between Gilgit and Rawalpindi
Mountians between Gilgit and Rawalpindi
Nan bai
Nan bai
Polo field
Polo field
Chappli kabab & money
Chappli kabab & money
Restaurant - yes we have lamb
Restaurant - "yes we have lamb"
Shia cleric in G.M. Baigs shop
Shia cleric in G.M. Baigs shop
Truck
Truck
Truck unloading
Truck unloading
Tank truck at night
Tank truck at night
Yard at Vershinghoom Inn
Yard at Vershinghoom Inn
Butcher
Butcher
Fields behind main bazaar
Fields behind main bazaar
Men waiting?
Men waiting?
Well of Deth
Well of Deth
Well of Deth
Well of Deth
Well of Deth
Well of Deth
Well of Deth
Well of Deth
Well of Deth
Well of Deth
Tank truck in Gilgit
Tank truck in Gilgit
Gilgit fields
Gilgit fields
Gilgit River at Gilgit-early morning
Gilgit River at Gilgit-early morning
Bulls sitting in Gilgit
Bulls sitting in Gilgit