[10] The Gankorineotek cemetery in Singoor is home to several ancient burial sites, dating back to the Vedic period.

[11][12] The area which now forms Chitral was reportedly conquered by the Persian Achaemenids and was a part of one of their easternmost satraps.

[15][failed verification] The British and Sikh garrison suffered a siege by the Chitralis, possibly aided by Afghan forces, in 1895.

The garrison was relieved after six weeks, and the British installed the young Shuja ul-Mulk as Mehtar ("ruler").

[16] In 1947, following the division of the British colony of India, princely states were offered the choice to either remain independent or to choose one of the two new dominions.

Immediately after acceding to Pakistan, Mehtar Muzaffar ul-Mulk proclaimed Jihad to 'liberate' Kashmir from the Dogras.

At this point, the Gilgit scouts were retreating and the Dogra forces had made gains in the Burzil pass.

In contrast to more southerly valleys of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Chitral has a dry Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) with almost no rainfall during the very hot summers.