Nagar

Nagar was a Burusho mountain principality on the south bank of the Nagar River, opposite Hunza. In 1337 its Mirs ruled autonomously and claimed descent from Moghlot, who according to tradition received the southern bank when his father divided the realm between twin sons.

The separate principality took shape in the 14th century. Tradition named Mayroo Khan its first Muslim Thum; the Moghlot line ruled the autonomous mountain kingdom into the nineteenth century; steep valleys helped shelter its Burusho and Shina inhabitants from outside conquest.