Note 85 — ROUGH CHRONOLOGICAL SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF DARDISTAN SINCE 1800.

I believe that Raja Záhid Za’far’s wife was a sister of Rajas Kerîm Khan and Sakandar Khan of Gilgit (also of Nagyr descent). Vide page 67 and Heading V. on page 69.

This connexion might account for Za’far helping the Dogras, who had reinstated Kerîm Khan in Gilgit.