Bhurban
is a beautiful place near Murree. It is
one of the most picturesque places in the
country, it is a tourist paradise with fauna,
flora and a wide variety species of animals
not found elsewhere in Pakistan. It is known
for a nine hole golf course, which is golfer
delight during the summer season. There
is also a 5 Star hotel in Bhurban, which
serves as a focal point and a very popular
point for tourists in the Murree Hills.
Nominal Figures:
Bhurban's main resident families or tribes are Sheraals, Janyals,
Jogyals etc. Sheraals are one of the biggest families in Rawat which are
the children of Dada Sher Khan. Many famous personalities like Noor
Elahi Abbasi is from the same tribe. Raheem Dad Khan is one of the
elders of this tribe since 1970. His sons Rasheed Ahmed, Zahoor Ahmed,
Ashraf Khan are the three big figures of the region.
During
early nineteenth century, Hunza resented
Kashmir's attempts to gain control and its
rulers periodically expelled Kashmir garrisons,
threatended Gilgit, and politicked with
the rulers of Kashgar to the north where
the Russians were gaining influence. Fearing
Russians infiltration into their northern
frontiers, the British took over direct
political control at Gilgit in 1889. Incesant
fratricidal intrigues in Hunza and Nagar
made the areas doubly insecure. This, coupled
with the Mir of Hunza's consistent intransigence
induced the British to march on Hunza in
December 1891, where they fought a decisive
battle at Nilit, 60 km beyond Diaynor Bridge.
After this the British garrisoned Aliabad
until 1897 when Hunza became a princely
state protected by the Government of British
India. After the Pakistan was created in
1947, the people of Hunza also gained liberation
and the princely state was merged in Pakistan.
Nature has given Gilgit Baltistan with perfect beauty, high peaks, snowy
mountains, fresh water lakes, lush green fairy meadows, at the same time
this area is also blessed with unlimited and heavy deposits of precious
and semi-precious stones, precious & semi-precious metals, and
industrial stones like Ruby, Gold, Topaz, Aquamarine, Tourmaline,
Epidote, Paragasite, Zircon, Actinolite, Lead, Moonstone, Himalayan
Quartz, Emerald, Marble, Granite, Feldspar, Mica, Calcite, Feldspar,
Antimony, Graphite, Alum, Coal, Copper, Barite, China Clay etc. It is
estimated that almost 95% of the precious & semi-precious stones located
in Pakistan are found in Gilgit Baltistan.
During
early nineteenth century, Hunza resented
Kashmir's attempts to gain control and its
rulers periodically expelled Kashmir garrisons,
threatended Gilgit, and politicked with
the rulers of Kashgar to the north where
the Russians were gaining influence. Fearing
Russians infiltration into their northern
frontiers, the British took over direct
political control at Gilgit in 1889. Incesant
fratricidal intrigues in Hunza and Nagar
made the areas doubly insecure. This, coupled
with the Mir of Hunza's consistent intransigence
induced the British to march on Hunza in
December 1891, where they fought a decisive
battle at Nilit, 60 km beyond Diaynor Bridge.
After this the British garrisoned Aliabad
until 1897 when Hunza became a princely
state protected by the Government of British
India. After the Pakistan was created in
1947, the people of Hunza also gained liberation
and the princely state was merged in Pakistan.