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Graveyard of Mir Silum Khan III & Ghazan Khan

Mir Silum Khan III has died during 1823 in Gulmit and he was buried in this village. The graveyard of this first Ismaili Mir is still present in its actual form. On the other, it is very remarkable to describe here that when the Hunza River had blocked due to the rock sliding and half of Gulmit had sank, so in those days the grave of this Mir also was in risk of sinking. The people of Gulmit, especially the foster family of this Mir, dug out the grave and carried the skeleton of Mir Silum Khan up on the Ondera Fort and buried temporarily there. When the Hunza River opened his skeleton was brought back to the same place and reburied here. In the graveyard of Mir Silum Khan, the grave of Mir Ghazan Khan father of Mir Jamal Khan also lies; who was a devout Ismaili ruler of Hunza and died during 1945.

The Grave yard of Mirs at Gulmit
Grave yard of Mir Saleem Khan III		The Marble at Grave of Mir Saleem III gives the death dates November 1824
The Grave yard of Mir Ghazan Khan		Mir Ghazan Khan death May 9,1945
The Graveyard of M. Ayash Khan

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