Yarkhun

Yarkhun is an administrative unit, known as Union Council, of Chitral District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.the valley consist of almost 39 villages and hamlets ranging from Breb to Broghill toward north. Village Bang is the headquarters of the union council yarkhoon. the valley is ruled by the rizakhel tribe of Chitral from 1790 to 1954-69. Hakeem Mama (1790),the descendant of mohd raza was the first hakeem of the area while hakeem langar Murad khan was the last hakeem (1954). Timeline of Hakims of Yarkhun S.No Name of Hakim Duration Governors of Mastuj Mehtars of Chitral/Yasin/APAs 1 Shah Qasim 1775-1790c Qura Shah Khairullah 2 Mama 1790-1830c Mulk Aman Mulk Aman/Sulaiman Shah 3 Qalandar Khan 1830-1855c Mulk Aman 2 Gohar Aman 4 Abdullah Khan 1855-1892 Mir Aman/Pahlawan Bahadur Gohar Aman/Aman ul Mulk and Afzal ul Mulk 5 Chust 1892 Shah Nadir Khan Sher Afzal Khan 6 Abdullah Khan 1892-1895 Raja Bahadur Khan Sardar Nizam ul Mulk 7 Sultan Quli Khan 1895-1900 Raja Bahadur Khan APA Chitral 8 Muhammad Karim Khan 1900-1901 Raja Bahadur Khan APA Chitral 9 Muhammad Kuda Khan 1901-1905 Upper Yarkhun Raja Bahadur Khan APA Chitral 10 Ibadullah Khan 1900-1908 Lower Yarkhun Raja Bahadur Khan APA 11 Abdul Murad Khan 1908-1923 Raja Bahadur Khan/Ataleq Bahadur Shah/ M.J Ghulam Dastagir/ Nasir ul Mulk APA/Shuja ul Mulk 12 Ibadullah Khan 1923-1925 Nasir ul Mulk Shuja ul Mulk 13 Abdul Murad Khan 1925-1936c Nasir ul Mulk/ Khoshwakht ul Mulk Shuja ul Mulk/Nasir ul Mulk 14 Langhar Murad Khan 1938c-1954 Khoshwakht ul Mulk Nasir ul Mulk/Muzafar ul Mulk/ Saif ur Rehman/Saif ul Mulk Nasir (Sources for making this chart are Gurdon 1895: Murtaza 1962 : Judicial Council Records) hidayad ur rehman, 2020

Yarkhun
Union Council
Along the Yarkhun river are several peaks particularly on its southern side of peaks ranging between 18 to 22 thousand peaks. Here shown some peaks of the Thui An group.
Country Pakistan
ProvinceKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictChitral
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

' is the largest district in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, covering an area of 14,850 km². It is the northernmost district of Pakistan.[1] The district of Chitral is divided into two tehsils and 24 Union Councils.

See also

References
  1. "District Government Chitral". Chitral District Government Web Portl.


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