Saeed, Ahmed (January 5, 2016). "Altit Fort — Hunza's silent prestige". Dawn. Retrieved 11 September 2019.|quote=The valley's inhabitants are the Burusho — they claim to be the descendants of Greek soldiers who were part of Alexander the Great's army. The same is also commonly accepted about the Pakhtuns of Pakistan and Afghanistan. It is believed that the first name of the city was Hunukushal, meaning the village of Huns
