Shinaki

'''Shinaki''' is a Shina language term used for the areas inhabited by the Shina people in northern Pakistan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Journal_of_Asian_Civilisations/FTtWAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=%22Shinaki%22%20-wikipedia |journal=Journal of Asian Civilisations |title=Linguistic Change in the Northern Areas of Pakistan|volume=XXV|issue=2|author=Ijlal, Hussain|pp=145–150|date=2002 |publisher=Taxila Institute of Asian Civilisations |language=en}}</ref> The term "kui" or "ki" in Shina language means "settlement (of)", hence Shinaki literally means "Shina settlement" or "land of the Shins.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />

It is traditionally used for the areas of Gor, Chilas, Tangir, Darel and the Shinaki Kohistan, all of which existed as independent tribal republics of Hazara and Gilgit Agencies during the colonial period.<ref name=":0" /> In its widest sense ''Shinaki'' encompasses all the Shina-inhabited regions, thus in addition to above regions includes Astore, Gilgit, Koh, Ghizer and the lower valley of Hunza (also known as Shinaki).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bamzai |first=Prithivi Nath Kaul |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Kashmir_and_Power_Politics_from_Lake_Suc/nQZRkNVOlw4C?hl=en |title=Kashmir and Power Politics from Lake Success to Tashkent |date=1966 |publisher=Metropolitan Book Company |pages=168 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Kreutzmann |first=Hermann |url= |title=Pamirian Crossroads and Beyond: Human Geography and Geopolitics |date=2024 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-70436-7 |pages=559–560 |language=en |chapter=Wakhan, Gojal and Gulmit}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Jettmar |first=Karl |date=1961 |title=Ethnological research in Dardistan 1958: Preliminary report |url=https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeumdok/2134/ |journal=Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society |volume=105 |issue=1 |pages=79–97 |doi=10.11588/propylaeumdok.00002134}}</ref>

==See also== * Baltistan * Brushal

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Category:Ethnic groups in Pakistan