The Tajiks of Xinjiang sometimes enslaved the Gilgiti and Kunjuti Hunza.
In 1935, the British demanded
Jammu and Kashmir to lease them Gilgit town plus most of the Gilgit Agency and
the hill-states Hunza, Nagar, Yasin and Ishkoman for 60 years. Maharaja Hari Singh had no choice
but to acquiesce. The leased region was then treated as part of
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