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Pictures From Gatherings and Heritage Sites

Faces of the Chib family, the forts and shrines of Chibhal, and artwork inspired by our history. Click any picture to see it larger.


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Heritage Sites

  • Baghsar Fort, a stone hill fort in the Samahni valley of Bhimber District
  • Loopholed walls of Baghsar Fort
  • Old mosque inside Baghsar Fort
  • Mangla Fort on its hill above the waters of Mangla Dam
  • Mangla Lake seen from the Mirpur side near sunset
  • Panoramic view of the town of Bhimber at the foot of the hills
  • Green hills of the Samahni valley near Kadyala, Bhimber District
  • Rural landscape of Bhimber District, Azad Kashmir
  • Ruins of Kangra Fort in Himachal Pradesh
  • Pahari painting of the Katoch Raja Sansar Chand besieging Kangra Fort
  • Hills and valley around Kotli, Azad Kashmir
  • Detail of an old European map naming Bhimbar

Art of Our History

  • A Mughal-era talwar with a jade hilt, a Rajput pagri and a dhal shield on maroon velvet
  • Chib horsemen and matchlock men holding a wooded ridge above Bhimber as an invading army climbs the valley below
  • A Rajput prince on a white horse leads his followers down from the Himalayan foothills toward the plains of Bhimber
  • Muslim Rajput elders in white turbans and shalwar kameez seated on charpais in a village courtyard in Azad Kashmir
  • A tomb covered with a green embroidered chadar, rose petals and an oil lamp inside a whitewashed Sufi shrine
  • An early Mughal-era royal decree with a gold border and seal beside a sheathed talwar, prayer beads and a Rajput turban