Site Name: Hunza-Nagar
Date: 1903 CE
Subject: Source: Photograph by Bourne and Shepherd, Coronation Durbar Delhi 1903. Sikandar Khan succeeded his father as Tham of Nagar but rulers of both Hunza and Nagar were generally referred to as Mirs. Sir Mohammed Nazim Khan of Hunza was awarded a K.C.I.E. and Mir Sir Sikander Khan of Nagar was awarded a K.B.E. They continued to argue over which honor was higher even when the local British Resident told them the awards were of equal value and distinction. Finally the wily Pandit Wazir Ram Rattan, Governor of Gilgit, received them separately. He told the Mir of Hunza that his award was higher because it had one more letter than that of Nagar. He told the Mir of Nagar that his K.B.E. was higher because the Indian Empire was only part of the British Empire. [Mir Muhammed Nazim Khan of Hunza and Sikandar Khan of Nagar]
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