Editing Hunza (princely state) (section)

{{Short description|Princely state of British India and Pakistan}}
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{{Infobox former country
| conventional_long_name = Hunza
| common_name            = Hunza
| linking_name           = Hunza Valley
| native_name            = {{native name|fa|{{nq|هنزه}}}}<br/>{{native name|ur|{{nq|ریاست ہنزہ}}}}<br/>{{native name|bsk|{{nq|ہنزا}}}} 
| image_flag             = Flag of Hunza.svg
| image_coat             = Coat of arms of Hunza.svg
| official_languages     = [[Persian language|Persian (official court language until 1947)]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sidky |first1=M. H. |title=Irrigation and State Formation in Hunza |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41928023 |year=1995 |volume=39 |issue=2 |pages=246–269 |journal=Central Asiatic Journal |jstor=41928023 |access-date=20 June 2022}}</ref><br/>[[Urdu|Urdu (after 1947)]]
| demonym                = Hunzakut
| government_type        = [[Principality]]
| established            = 1200s
| area_km2               = 11660
| official_website       = http://hunzastate.org
| status                 = Independent Kingdom (until 1892)<br/>[[Princely state]] of [[British India]] (1892–1947)<br/>Princely state of [[Pakistan]] (1947–1974)
| year_start             = {{circa|1200}}
| year_end               = 1974
| date_end               = 24 September
| stat_year1             = 1200s
| today                  = [[Pakistan]]
}}
{{Former administrative units of Pakistan}}

[[File:Un-kashmir-jammu.png|thumb|right|260px|UN map (1972) of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] showing the [[Karakoram Highway]] up to the [[Khunjerab Pass]]. [[Baltit]] (Karimabad) is the capital of Hunza.]]
'''Hunza''' ({{Langx|fa|{{nq|هنزه}}}}, {{langx|ur|{{nq|ہنزہ}}}}), also known as '''Kanjut''' ({{Langx|fa|{{nq|کانجوت}}}}; {{Langx|ur|{{nq|کنجوت}}}}), was a [[Burushaski|Burusho]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Kreutzmann |first=Hermann |url= |title=Pamirian Crossroads and Beyond: Human Geography and Geopolitics |date=2024 |publisher=[[BRILL]] |isbn=978-90-04-70436-7 |pages=48–49 |language=en |chapter=Passage to Kashgar: People, Roads, and Commodities}}</ref> [[princely state]] in the present-day [[Gilgit-Baltistan|Gilgit Baltistan]] region of Pakistan. Although under the suzerainty of the [[Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)]], it was not a part of it and had status of a separate state.{{Sfn|Kreutzmann|2024|loc=pp. 109–111: In 1941 an internal, administratively binding decision summarized the results of a previous discussion about the two principalities in question: “Hunza and Nagir [Nager]:  – Though these are under the suzerainty of the Kashmir State, they are not part of Kashmir but separate states”}} Initially, it functioned as a principality and subsequently became a princely state under a subsidiary alliance with the [[British India]] starting in 1892 and continuing until August 1947. For a brief period of three months, it remained unaligned after gaining independence, and then from November 1947 until 1974, it retained its status as a princely state within Pakistan. The territory of Hunza now constitutes the northernmost part of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite book
  | last = Younghusband
  | first = Francis
  | author-link = Francis Younghusband
  | title = The Heart of a Continent
  | year = 1904
  | page = 186
  | publisher = Asian Educational Services
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Avk88OI8bQkC
  | isbn = 9788120608504}}</ref>

The princely state bordered the [[Gilgit Agency]] to the south, the former [[Nagar (princely state)|princely state of Nagar]] to the east, [[Xinjiang]], China, to the northeast and [[Afghanistan]] to the northwest. The state's capital was [[Baltit]] (also known as [[Karimabad (Hunza)|Karimabad]]). The princely state of Hunza is now the [[Hunza District]] in the Gilgit Baltistan region of [[Pakistan]].