Canon at Baltit Fort

Baltit Fort
Karimabad, Pakistan

After consultations with the warlords of Hunza, Mir Ghazzan Khan I decided to manufacture a cannon in Hunza in early 1863, to face the alarming political conditions around Hunza. News coming from across the river indicated that the rival State of Nager had invited Hassan Afendi from Kashmir for crafting a cannon.

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