Shishikoh valley

The Shishikoh (Khowar, Urdu: ششیکوہ) also known as Shishikuh,[1] is a valley located in Lower Chitral District of Malakand Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[2][3][4] The valley has elevations ranging from approximately 1,420m (4,660 ft) to 4,200m (13,780 ft). It has a distance of 127.68 mi (205.48 km) from the Peshawar capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[5]

The main ethnic group in the valley is the Gurjar.[1][6] They came to this area in the beginning of the nineteenth century.[6]

Languages spoken in the valley are Khowar, Gujari, and Pashto. In the areas of Madaklasht Gujari, Pashto, and Persian languages mainly spoken.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Khan, Mohammad Afzal (1975). Chitral and Kafiristan: A Personal Study. Ferozsons. p. 86. The Gujars who are found in Golen and Shishikuh valley in lower Chitral.
  2. ^ Wali, Sher; Jan, Hammad Ahmad; Haq, Shiekh Marifatul; Calixto, Eduardo Soares; Bussmann, Rainer W.; Rahim, Fazli (2022-12-01). "Phyto-ecological study of the forests of Shishi Koh Valley, Chitral, Pakistan". Vegetos. 35 (4): 1024–1035. doi:10.1007/s42535-022-00379-2. ISSN 2229-4473.
  3. ^ Ullah, Kifayat; Shah, Ghulam Mujtaba; Irfan, Muhammad. "Evaluation of Ethno-veterinary Medicinal Plants of Shishikoh Valley; Practices among the Local Community of District Chitral". Archived from the original on 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
  4. ^ a b Ullah, K.; Shah, G. M.; Alam, J.; Hussain, M. (2020). "Ethnobotany of the Medicinal Plants Used by Indigenous Communities in the Mountain of Shishikoh Valley, Hindukush Chitral". Ukrainian Journal of Ecology. 10 (2): 92–105. ISSN 2520-2138.
  5. ^ "Distance of Shishikoh valley and Peshawar".
  6. ^ a b "About". lowerchitral.kp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2025-05-23. Retrieved 2025-07-19. Gujari: Other villages of Chitral where Gojars are found are situated in Shishikoh valley. They arrived in Chitral earlier than the beginning of nineteenth century.


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