Ishkoman

Ishkoman is a mountain valley north of the Gilgit River, stretching towards the high country of the Hindu Kush and Pamirs. Its river flows south to join the Gilgit, while passes connect the valley with neighbouring Yasin and the lands beyond the northern mountains. Small settlements and fields occupy the valley floor beneath steep slopes. After the sixteenth century the western valleys, including Ishkoman, came under the Khushwaqt rulers, a branch of the Kator dynasty of Chitral.