Chitral (princely state)

State of Chitral
Independent Monarchy Princely state in subsidiary alliance with British India Princely state of Pakistan 1947–1969
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Capital		Chitral Town
Religion		Islam
Government		Monarchy
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Succeeded by West Pakistan
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Chitral
Princely state of Pakistan
Raees Dynasty 1320-1660 Kator Dynasty 1660-1969–28 July 1969
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Map of Pakistan with Chitral highlighted
Capital		Chitral Town
History
•	Established	Raees Dynasty 1320-1660 Kator Dynasty 1660-1969
•	Disestablished	28 July 1969
Area		14,850 km2(5,734 sq mi)
Today part of		Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Kator Dynasty 1660-1969–28 July 1969

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Kator Dynasty 1660-1969

Chitral (or Chitrāl) (Urdu: چترال‎) was a princely state in alliance with British India until 1947, then a princely state of Pakistan until 1969. The area of the state now forms the Chitral District of the Malakand Division, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

The Capital City of the former state was the Chitral Town, which is situated on the west bank of the Chitral (or Kunar River) at the foot of Tirich Mir which at 7,708 m (25,289 ft) is the highest peak of the Hindu Kush. The borders of the state were seldom stable and fluctuated with the fortunes of Chitral’s rulers, the Mehtars. The official language of the state was Persian, a legacy of the adaptation policy of the early Delhi Sultanate and Mughal times. The general population of the state was mainly of the Kho people, who spoke Khowar which is a Dardic language in the Indo-Aryan group. The Khowar language is also spoken in parts of Yasin, Gilgit and Swat.

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