Chipursan (; also spelt Chipurson, Chiporson, Chaporsan, Chupurson) is a valley containing approximately eight scattered villages situated within the

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 Karachu ...

Hunza District Hunza District (, ) is a district of Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan in the Kashmir#Dispute, disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is suppo ...

in the

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region in

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. It is located in the northern part of the country, close to the border with the

Wakhan District Wakhan District is one of the 28 districts of Badakhshan province in eastern Afghanistan. Located between Tajikistan in the north and Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral District in the south, the district separates Tajikistan and Pakistan wh ...

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and the

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. The valley is predominantly inhabited by ethnic

Wakhis 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' ...

; the village of

Raminj 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 ac ...

in this region is inhabited by ethnic Burushos. The valley's inhabitants largely adhere to the

Isma'ili 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 ...

sect of

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. 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,

, Kirmin, Khill, Rashet, Sheresubz, Ispenj, Shetmerg and Zood Khun. After Zood Khun pastures are Yashkuk, Kukchaizem, Biban Joi, Kohrben, Korkot, Joi Sam, Dainkut, Khudayar Alga, Kimkut and Baba Ghundi, a major shrine in the Hunza District which is visited by many all year round. Further ahead lie Yashwoshitk, Shipodkut, Pomiri (Pamiri), Pamir and more. All the names of villages and pastures are in Wakhi language. The valley is full of peaks and passes. Passes include

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-Baltista ...

between

and

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, ...

between Yeshkuk and Raminj village. Peaks include

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 w ...

,"Sakar Sar" on nazirsabir.com
Listed as "Sakar Sar". Kumpire Dior,

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, Sarmaya Sar, Kuksar, and Lupghar Sar.

Sites of interest

Chapursan Valley has historical places. like Yaskuk, Rovai Sam, Khumpir Dior, and the Shrine of Baba Ghundi. ''Shrine of Baba Ghundi'' (''Baba Ghundi Ziarat'') in the Chuparsan Valley is the

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of the famous Pir of Ghund who is celebrated in legend as the Sufi

saint In Christianity, Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of sanctification in Christianity, holiness, imitation of God, likeness, or closeness to God in Christianity, God. However, the use of the ...

who brought Islam to the valley. The saint is not actually buried here. The former

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of Hunza kept his herds of sheep and goats for grazing around here and used to visit the shrine every year. The people of Hunza Valley also revere the saint and it is said that children who are a problem for their parents have only to taste the

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from a

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near Baba Ghundi to become obedient and well behaved.

References

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