Thum (title)
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Thum, sometimes written Tham, was the title of the ruler or Mir
of Hunza
, a former princely state in the Northern Areas
, Pakistan
. Thum is also a respectful appellation used by people of both Hunza
and Nagar
who belong to the Boorish clan. The Shin
use the term Yeshkun for the Boorish.
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...
, a former princely state in the Northern Areas
Northern Areas
Gilgit-Baltistan , is the northernmost political entity within Pakistan. It borders Pakistan's Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province to the west, Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor to the north, China to the east and northeast, Azad Kashmir to the southwest, and Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir to the...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. Thum is also a respectful appellation used by people of both Hunza
Hunza Valley
The Hunza Valley is a mountainous valley in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. The Hunza valley is situated to the north of the Hunza River, at an elevation of around . The territory of Hunza is about...
and Nagar
Nagar, Pakistan
Nagar is a town near to the Gilgit Valley in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan. The town is located in Hunza–Nagar District and was the capital of the former State of Nagar...
who belong to the Boorish clan. The Shin
Shin
Shin may refer to:* Shinbone, the larger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates* Shin , the twenty-first letter in many Semitic alphabets* Shin , origin of Shin name, which means "new"...
use the term Yeshkun for the Boorish.