Nagar (princely state)
Nagar state ریاست نگر | |||||||
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| c. 1300–August 1972 | |||||||
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| Capital | Nagarkhas | ||||||
| Common languages | Burushaski Shina | ||||||
| Religion | Shia Isna'asheri (Jafaria) | ||||||
| Government | Absolute Monarchy | ||||||
| Mir | |||||||
• 1660-1700 | Fazil Khan (first known) | ||||||
• 1940-1974 | Mir Shaukat Ali Khan (last) | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | c. 1300 | ||||||
| 1891 | |||||||
| 1947 | |||||||
• Disestablished | August 1972 | ||||||
| Area | |||||||
• Total | 1,600 sq mi (4,100 km2) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1941 census | 14,874 | ||||||
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| Today part of | |||||||
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Nagar (Urdu: ریاست نگر, Riyasat Nagar) was a Burusho princely state located in the northern region of present-day Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan. Between 1891 and 1947, it maintained a subsidiary alliance with British India. Although under the suzerainty of Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir after 1891, Nagar was not a part of Kashmir, and had status of a separate state. It shared its borders with the Gilgit Agency states to the south and west, while to the north and east, it bordered the princely state of Hunza.
From November 1947 to August 1972, Nagar was a princely state within Pakistan, with its administrative center in the town of Nagar. The territory of the former princely state now comprises the Nagar District in northern Pakistan.