Heritage record
Gulmit Shabaran (Polo Ground)
Gilgit-BaltistanBuildingProtected
Situated next to the historic settlement of Gulmit, this polo ground (168 m long; 21.3 m wide) was built by Mir Nazim Khan, the ruler of Hunza. Gulmit has historically been regarded as the winter capital of the former state of Hunza, as a result of which Hunzas rulers would choose this ground to play polo in. Heavy flooding originating from the Hunza River washed away the old polo ground and the area surrounding it in the mid - 19th century. The ground was, however, later rebuilt.
- Record ID
- 8153
- Province / territory
- Gilgit-Baltistan
- District
- Hunza
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Building
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 36.38733, 74.85833 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Anonymous. (Miscellaneous). Built Heritage of Gilgit Baltistan by Baltistan Culture and Development Foundation. Unpublished.
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