Tarikh-i-Chitral


The Tarikh-i-Chitral is a book compiled and finalized in 1921 by Mirza Muhammad Ghufran on the order of Mehtar Shuja ul-Mulk. It was written in Persian between 1911 and 1919, with its publication following in the year 1921 in Bombay, India. After its publication Mehtar Shuja ul-Mulk ordered the burning of all copies of the book.
This book remained clandestinely in Chitral until the authors son Ghulam Murtaza recovered a copy and together with Wazir Ali Shah used it as a reference to compile the Nayi Tarikh-i-Chitral . The Nayi Tarikh-i-Chitral is an Urdu translation of the original Tarikh-i-Chitral albeit with considerable additions based on the notes of Mehtar Nasir ul-Mulk.

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In Chitral the tribes respect in front of Chitral Mehtar was changing with passage of time based on some incidents. Therefore, in latest Urdu version most of the people considered Adamzada, which they were previously doing khesmat, musician or tenants.