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Chipursan
Chipursan (; also spelt Chipurson, Chiporson, Chaporsan, Chupurson) is a valley containing approximately eight scattered villages situated within the Gojal Tehsil of Hunza District in the Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan. It is located in the northern part of the country, close to the border with the Wakhan District of Afghanistan and the Xinjiang, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. The valley is predominantly inhabited by ethnic Wakhi people, Wakhis; the village of Raminji, Raminj in this region is inhabited by ethnic Burusho people, Burushos. The valley's inhabitants largely adhere to the Isma'ilism, Isma'ili sect of Shia Islam. Chapurson hosts over 500 households with an estimated population of 3000 people. Geography The Chipurson valley is above from sea level, and the villages are Yarzerech, Raminj, Kirmin, Khill, Rashet, Sheresubz, Ispenj, Shetmerg and Zood Khun. After Zood Khun pastures are Yashkuk, Kukchaizem, Biban Joi, Kohrben, Korkot, Joi Sam, Dainkut, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gojal
Gojal ( Wakhi: , Kyrgyz: ), also called Upper Hunza, is situated in northwestern Pakistan. It borders China at the Khunjerab Pass and the Shimshal valley, and Afghanistan at the Chapursan valley. In 2019, Gojal Valley became the second Karachukar sub-division within the Hunza District. It is geographically the largest subdivision of Gilgit-Baltistan. Gojal or Upper Hunza is composed of a number of large and small valleys sharing borders with Central Hunza to the south, China in the northeast, and Afghanistan in the northwest. Ainabad is the first village of Gojal. Except for the Shimshal, Misgar, and Chapursan valleys, all the villages of Gojal can be seen from the Karakoram Highway (KKH), which passes through the tehsil and enters China at the Khunjerab Pass. The Gojal region has 20,000 Ismaili residents. Gojal is predominantly populated by the Wakhi people. History The valleys and villages of Gojal were settled over time by people from surrounding regions. Kyrgyz no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raminji
Raminji or Raminj or Khairabad Raminj is a village in the Chipursan Valley of Gojal, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Politics Nazir Sabir, the famed Pakistani mountaineer Mountaineering, mountain climbing, or alpinism is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas that have become sports ... who summitted Everest and K2, was born in Raminji in the Chipursan valley. He began his political career from Shrine of Baba Ghundi and was elected to the Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly. References {{reflist Populated places in Hunza District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gojal Tehsil
Gojal ( Wakhi: , Kyrgyz: ), also called Upper Hunza, is situated in northwestern Pakistan. It borders China at the Khunjerab Pass and the Shimshal valley, and Afghanistan at the Chapursan valley. In 2019, Gojal Valley became the second Karachukar sub-division within the Hunza District. It is geographically the largest subdivision of Gilgit-Baltistan. Gojal or Upper Hunza is composed of a number of large and small valleys sharing borders with Central Hunza to the south, China in the northeast, and Afghanistan in the northwest. Ainabad is the first village of Gojal. Except for the Shimshal, Misgar, and Chapursan valleys, all the villages of Gojal can be seen from the Karakoram Highway (KKH), which passes through the tehsil and enters China at the Khunjerab Pass. The Gojal region has 20,000 Ismaili residents. Gojal is predominantly populated by the Wakhi people. History The valleys and villages of Gojal were settled over time by people from surrounding regions. Kyrgyz nomads ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isma'ilism
Ismailism () is a branch of Shia Islam. The Isma'ili () get their name from their acceptance of Imam Isma'il ibn Jafar as the appointed spiritual successor (Imamate in Nizari doctrine, imām) to Ja'far al-Sadiq, wherein they differ from the Twelver Shia, who accept Musa al-Kazim, the younger brother of Isma'il, as the Imamah (Shia doctrine), true Imām. After the death of Muhammad ibn Isma'il in the 8th century CE, the teachings of Ismailism further transformed into the belief system as it is known today, with an explicit concentration on the deeper, esoteric meaning () of the Islamic religion. With the eventual development of Usulism and Akhbarism into the more literalistic () oriented, Shia Islam developed into two separate directions: the metaphorical Ismaili, Alevism, Alevi, Bektashi Order, Bektashi, Alians, Alian, and Alawites, Alawite groups focusing on the mysticism, mystical path and nature of God in Islam, God, along with the "Imam of the Time" representing the mani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shia Islam
Shia Islam is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political Succession to Muhammad, successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (Imamah (Shia doctrine), imam). However, his right is understood to have been usurped by a number of Companions of the Prophet, Muhammad's companions at the meeting of Saqifa where they appointed Abu Bakr () as caliph instead. As such, Sunni Muslims believe Abu Bakr, Umar (), Uthman () and Ali to be 'Rashidun, rightly-guided caliphs' whereas Shia Muslims only regard Ali as the legitimate successor. Shia Muslims assert imamate continued through Ali's sons Hasan ibn Ali, Hasan and Husayn ibn Ali, Husayn, after whom different Shia branches have their own imams. They revere the , the family of Muhammad, maintaining that they possess divine knowledge. Shia holy sites include the Imam Ali Shrine, shrine of Ali in Naj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irshad Pass
Irshad Pass (elevation ), also called Ershād Yūvīn, Yirshod Wuyin, Irshad Urween, Irshād Uwin Pass, Kotale Ers̄āḏ Owīn, or Kowtal-e Ershād Owīn, is a high mountain pass that connects the Chapursan river valley in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan with the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan. According to a map in the ''National Geographic Magazine,'' the elevation of Irshad Pass is slightly higher than the figure given above, at 4,979 m. (16,335 ft.) The ''National Geographic'' article mentions that the nomadic Kyrgyz people The Kyrgyz people (also spelled Kyrghyz, Kirgiz, and Kirghiz; or ) are a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia. They primarily reside in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and China. A Kyrgyz diaspora is also found in Russia, Tajik ... of the Wakhan Corridor, who total only about 1,100, cross the Irshad Pass in spring and autumn to trade animals for supplies at Babaghundi Ziarat in north-western Hunza, Pakistan."Stranded on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lupghar Pir Pass
Lupghar Pir pass (el. ) is a high mountain pass to the west of village Lupghar in the upper Hunza valley in Chipurson Gojal tehsil of Gilgit district in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# .... Luphar Pir Pass link Yashkuk Chipurson to Ramij Village of Chipurson. References Mountain passes of Gilgit-Baltistan Mountain passes of the Hindu Kush {{GilgitBaltistan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valley
A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over a very long period. Some valleys are formed through erosion by glacial ice. These glaciers may remain present in valleys in high mountains or polar areas. At lower latitudes and altitudes, these glacially formed valleys may have been created or enlarged during ice ages but now are ice-free and occupied by streams or rivers. In desert areas, valleys may be entirely dry or carry a watercourse only rarely. In areas of limestone bedrock, dry valleys may also result from drainage now taking place underground rather than at the surface. Rift valleys arise principally from earth movements, rather than erosion. Many different types of valleys are described by geographers, using terms that may be global in use or else applied only locally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakar Sar
Sakar Sar is a mountain peak located at 6,272 metres (20,577 ft) above sea level. It lies in the Hindu Kush-Karakoram, in part in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan and in part in Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor. The first successful ascent was completed by a Japanese team in August 1999. Location Sakar Sar is located 9 km east of the Irshad Pass on the watershed between Wachandarja in the north and Chapursan in the south. The dominance reference point is a 6,610-metre high mountain in the Karakoram, located 2.26 km east of the Koz Sar (6,677 m) . Also, a few km away is Dilisang Pass, a historic and disused cross-border trading route connecting Kyrgyz people and Wakhi people The Wakhi people (, , ; ; ), also locally referred to as the Wokhik (), are an Iranian ethnic group native to Central and South Asia. They are found in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, and China—primarily situated in and around Afghanistan' ... settlements. First ascent On August 13, 1999, a Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamir Sar
Pamir may refer to: Geographical features * Pamir Mountains, a mountain range in Central Asia ** Pamir-Alay, a mountain system in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, part of the Pamir Mountains *A pamir (valley) is a high plateau or valley surrounded by mountains **Great Pamir, a high valley in the Wakhan, on the border of Afghanistan and Tajikistan **Little Pamir, a high valley in the Wakhan, Afghanistan **Taghdumbash Pamir, a high valley in the south west of Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, in Xinjiang, China * Pamir River, on the border of Tajikistan and Afghanistan Other uses * ''Pamir'' (ship), a German sailing ship * Pamir Airways Pamir Airways was a privately owned airline headquartered in Kabul, Afghanistan, operating scheduled passenger flights out of Kabul International Airport. The company name is derived from the Pamir Mountains and translates "roof of the world". H ..., based in Afghanistan * Pamir languages * Pamir Alevism ''(),'' a sect of Batini-Ismail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
