Dafdar or Daftar is a village in the Taghdumbash Pamir

Taghdumbash Pamir

Taghdumbash Pamir is a pamir or high valley in the south west of Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China. It lies to the west of the Karakoram Highway...

 located in Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. It is inhabited by Wakhi

Wakhi people

The Wakhi people, or Khik , are an ethnic group originating in the Wakhan of today's Afghanistan. They also live in adjacent areas of Tajikistan and Xinjiang and in Pakistan . They speak the Wakhi language.-Population and demographics:A very rough estimate puts the population of Wakhis at about...

s. The village lies at an altitude of 3,400 m above sea level, just to the east of the Karakoram Highway

Karakoram Highway

The Karakoram Highway is the highest paved international road in the world, but at its peak at the China-Pakistan border it is only paved on the Chinese side. It connects China and Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain range, through the Khunjerab Pass, at an altitude of as confirmed by both...

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During the Qing Dynasty

Qing Dynasty

The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....

 the Chinese claimed suzerainty over the area but permitted the Mir

Mir of Hunza

The Mir of Hunza was the title of the rulers of the Hunza Valley in the Northern Areas, Pakistan.The Mir used to have the Burushaski title of Tham, later changed to Mir. In 1974 the state became a part of the Northern Areas of Pakistan under the Pakistani Federal Government...

 of Hunza

Hunza (princely state)

Hunza was a princely state in the northernmost part of the Northern Areas of Pakistan until 1974. The state was also known as Kanjut. The state bordered the Gilgit Agency to the south, the former princely state of Nagar to the east, China, to the north and Afghanistan to the northwest. The state...

 to administer the region in return for a tribute. The Mir erected a cairn in the village to evidence his control. The villagers stopped paying tribute to Hunza in 1937.