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PREFACE
When I chose Wzh<y?WzW o/Wozl/zgru Tukzktuz? as the name of this series,
I was following the advice of Gerard Fussman that I should not exclude
important topics by too narrow a designation. 'Antiquities' would allow
the inclusion of all soils of ethnographic material, extending even to cus-
toms and beliefs, but especially to important examples of architecture.
There can be no doubt that the description of the fortified village of Sa-
zm represents an 'antiquity' of extraordinary significance for a better un-
derstanding of the history of northern Pakistan.
In the autumn of 1982, while travelling m the company of Dr. Adam
Nayyar, I became aware of Sazm, a village on the hinge of Indus-Kohi-
stan. Already on my first expedition to the area in 1955,1 was told about
this village, but, unfortunately, a visit was out of question: our research-
permit was only for Tangir and Darel, which already had been under
regular administration for three years, and Sazm was still tribal territory.
This time I could make up for what I missed earlier. The head of police,
Shuja-ul-Mulk, who had his office at Dassu, confirmed that ethnograph-
ic fieldwork m this village had better chances than anywhere else as,
compared to their compatriots, the inhabitants were peaceful. He was
even ready to bring us to the place by his own transport and promised to
inform the village authorities about my intended stay. We stalled on the
7th of October 1982, following the Karakorum Highway. Before reach-
ing Shatial we turned up the slope onto a steep and narrow road, leading,
in the course of many bends, up to Sazin. Suddenly, the street was
blocked by a landslide, making further progress by car impossibie.
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When I chose Wzh<y?WzW o/Wozl/zgru Tukzktuz? as the name of this series,
I was following the advice of Gerard Fussman that I should not exclude
important topics by too narrow a designation. 'Antiquities' would allow
the inclusion of all soils of ethnographic material, extending even to cus-
toms and beliefs, but especially to important examples of architecture.
There can be no doubt that the description of the fortified village of Sa-
zm represents an 'antiquity' of extraordinary significance for a better un-
derstanding of the history of northern Pakistan.
In the autumn of 1982, while travelling m the company of Dr. Adam
Nayyar, I became aware of Sazm, a village on the hinge of Indus-Kohi-
stan. Already on my first expedition to the area in 1955,1 was told about
this village, but, unfortunately, a visit was out of question: our research-
permit was only for Tangir and Darel, which already had been under
regular administration for three years, and Sazm was still tribal territory.
This time I could make up for what I missed earlier. The head of police,
Shuja-ul-Mulk, who had his office at Dassu, confirmed that ethnograph-
ic fieldwork m this village had better chances than anywhere else as,
compared to their compatriots, the inhabitants were peaceful. He was
even ready to bring us to the place by his own transport and promised to
inform the village authorities about my intended stay. We stalled on the
7th of October 1982, following the Karakorum Highway. Before reach-
ing Shatial we turned up the slope onto a steep and narrow road, leading,
in the course of many bends, up to Sazin. Suddenly, the street was
blocked by a landslide, making further progress by car impossibie.
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