11 Facts About Aman ul-Mulk

Aman ul-Mulk was the Mehtar of Chitral, Ghizer, Yasen and Ishkoman and Suzerain of Kafiristan.

Aman ul-Mulk ruled the State of Chitral from 1857 to 1892.

Aman ul-Mulk's death led to the Siege of Chitral, an instance of high drama which goes down in the annals of British India as an epic of enormous courage and determination.

Aman ul-Mulk is referred to in local chronicles as the Great Mehtar, who ruled over the valleys with true oriental despotism between 1857 and 1892.

Aman ul-Mulk ruled over Upper and Lower Chitral extending from the borders of Punjab on one side to the borders of Kafiristan and Dir on the other.

In 1878 Aman ul-Mulk being anxious of aggression by the Amir of Afghanistan placed Chitral under the nominal suzerainty of the Maharaja of Kashmir.

Aman ul-Mulk however did not crumble to this pressure and continued to be reluctant to enter into the said marriage alliance without the sanction of the British Government.

Until 1892 Mehtar Aman ul-Mulk had provided a sturdy bulwark to British interests, his death had jeopardised that security.

Nizam Aman ul-Mulk was away in Yasin, of which he was the governor, when the Mehtarship was seized by his brother Afzal Aman ul-Mulk.

Aman ul-Mulk had made himself hateful to the Chitralies and had been guilty of treachery to the English.

Aman ul-Mulk is believed to be the instigator of the murder of British explorer George W Hayward through the agency of Mir Wali of Yasin.