Altit Fort

Altit Fort is an ancient fort above Karimabad in the Hunza valley in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. It was home to the hereditary rulers of the Hunza state who took the title Mir. Altit Fort is more than one thousand years old the shikari tower is 1100 years old which makes it the oldest monument in the Gilgit–Baltistan province of Pakistan.Today Altit Fort is a tourist site which opened to the public in 2007. It has been built on a sheer rock-cliff that falls 300 meters (1000 feet) into the Hunza River, and is much older than the Baltit Fort.

The Altit Fort was in great disrepair, but has been restored by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture Historic Cities Support Programme.

The word altit means this side down and is a Tibetan word. all the architecture is taken from Tibet. a groom was brought here by Tibetans from shigar. he brought 120 groom guests with him his brides name was shah khatun who brought shia Islam to the valley the fort was built in an year.

The people of altit are said to belong to the white huns although it is still a theory and not much research has gone into the matter. htit is said that the present language bruchiski was brought here by the white huns in 47 A.D. the first name for altit village was hunukushal which means the village of the huns. the huns came from the huang-ho valley of china. after hunukushal the name changed to broshal, which means the village of bruchiski speakers. these people were spirit worshippers or shamanism was in practice. in the 15th century shia Islam was brought and around 1830 they converted in ismailism.