Editing Shimshal (section)

== History ==
{{unreferenced section|date=June 2024}}
[[File:Khurdopin glacier & Shimshal River.jpg|thumb|Khurdopin glacier and Shimshal River, 2017. Several glaciers flow into the Shimshal Valley, and are prone to blocking the river. Khurdopin glacier surged in 2016–17,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Steiner|first1=J. F.|last2=Kraaijenbrink|first2=P. D. A.|last3=Jiduc|first3=S. G.|last4=Immerzeel|first4=W. W.|date=2018-01-11|title=Brief communication: The Khurdopin glacier surge revisited – extreme flow velocities and formation of a dammed lake in 2017|url=https://www.the-cryosphere.net/12/95/2018/|journal=The Cryosphere|volume=12|issue=1|pages=95–101|doi=10.5194/tc-12-95-2018|bibcode=2018TCry...12...95S|issn=1994-0424|doi-access=free}}</ref> creating a sizable lake.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/90672/when-glaciers-and-rivers-collide|title=When Glaciers and Rivers Collide|date=August 9, 2017|website=earthobservatory.nasa.gov}}</ref>]]

The village of Shimshal was founded in 1450 by Mamu Singh, the brother of "Chu Singh".{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} Both were Burushaski peakers and they belonged to the "Brong Family".{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} Mamu Singh was fond of hunting and other mountain sports. One day, in search of ibex, he went to Gojal. During his hunting trip, he fell in love with a beautiful girl who he then married. They started to live in the area of Boiber. Once, he climbed up to the summit of [[Karun Kuh]] which provided him a chance to view the entire region and to see the grazing ground of Lup Goz, which they traveled to with a flock of sheep and goats.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

Later, he climbed on the high ground running east, and saw the vast area of "Shimshal Valley" (Shingshal). He noticed that there were signs of existence of a water channel. He came to the conclusion that this flat barren land had been cultivated some time in the past. Thus, Mamu Singh decided to cultivate the abandoned land. He repaired the broken water channel and got water running through it for irrigation. After cultivations in the new settlement Mamu Singh decided to relocate from Astan to Shimshal along with his wife and herds.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}. They had a son who went on to produce further descendants, populating the area.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

The Pakistan Army came to Shimshal in the late 1960s and was posted in Pamir because of border disputes with China. Many Shimshalis worked as porters for the army.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} Today, many Shimshalis work as porters for trekking and mountaineering groups and expeditions.