Satoul huts
The place
Satoul huts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Chitral/Kalam area (Hindu Kush Himalaya, northern Swat, Pakistan), at 2,940 m elevation, Hindu Kush slope. Continuous Pakistan Karakoram-Hindu Kush cluster (batches 260-384). Herders'/summer huts, sate ("summer" in Urdu/Pashto) + historic Chitral bordering Afghanistan + Hindu Kush 800 km range 4,000-7,000 m + Karakoram, K2 8,611 m 2nd highest peak in the world + Swat Valley, the iconic "Switzerland of Pakistan" + heritage of Alexander the Great, 327-325 BC conquest of Bactria, Bactria-Sogdiana campaign + Islamic heritage, Khyber Pass invasions 11th-16th centuries, Mahmud of Ghazni 999-1030 + Mughal Empire 1526-1857, iconic Taj Mahal in Agra + the 1947 partition, bloody, 14 August, Pakistan, 1 million dead, 15 million displaced with India + heritage of the Chitralis/Kohistanis (Dardic people, 300,000, Khowar language + Kalash, 4,000, last polytheistic minority, iconic isolated tribe, UNESCO ICH, threatened).
The setting
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Chitral/Kalam, Hindu Kush Himalaya, N Swat, Pakistan, 2,940 m, Hindu Kush slope, continuous cluster batches 260-384, herders'/summer huts sate in Urdu/Pashto + Chitral bordering Afghanistan + Hindu Kush 800 km 4,000-7,000 m + K2 8,611 m 2nd in the world + Swat, Switzerland of Pakistan, Alexander 327-325 BC Bactria + Mahmud of Ghazni 999-1030 + Mughal 1526-1857 Taj Mahal + 1947 partition 14 August 1 million dead 15 million displaced, Chitralis/Kohistanis Dardic 300,000 Khowar + Kalash 4,000 polytheistic iconic UNESCO ICH threatened.
