Shri Badat The Cannibal King of Hunza

Local traditions agree about the name of the last Buddhist ruler of Gilgit. They all call him Sri Badad or Shiri Badat. … This traditional history sounds more romantic than real. However, it is possible to make sense out of it in the light of other historical evidence. In the traditional name Bagartham [the name given for Shri Badat's grandfather in one version] one could recognize Bagra or Vajra. The word "Tham" is certainly "Thum", which, in the local language, means "a ruler". Thus the two names Bagartham and Vajraditya appear to be one and the same. … The last ruler, according to the Hunza Rock Inscription, was Chandra Sri Deva Vikramaditya. He should be identified with Sri Badad. The last known date of this ruler, according to inscriptions, is AD 749.

According to Abdullah Minapin (who is in his late 80s),his relatives moved to the land ruled by the king of the time Shiri Badad,who appointed his ancestor to the position of minister (wazir) because of his bravery.

Shiri Badat  used to eat a lamb every night. Turn by turn every house in the kingdom was supposed to bring a lamb every night for the king.  One day an old woman bought a lamb as it was her turn. After eating the lamb the king asked where did they got the lamb from? ,  wazir told him an old lady bought the lamb. The king told them to bring the old lady. When they got her back king asked her how she raised the lamb and why it tasted different from the rest and tasted so good. She said she raised the lamb by her own milk. After hearing this king demanded to sacrifice a boy every night for his dinner.

Everybody was terrified by the kings decision and worried about their children.  Abdullah’s ancestor, Demsing , was horrified, they didn’t knew how to kill the king because it was nearly impossible to kill this creature.  

King Shiri Badat had a daughter  he loved the most but she was also worried about the children sacrificing their innocent lives. Wazir asked the kings daughter to tell the town people how to kill the tyrant. She loved her father but she was against his decision so she agreed to help the town people.

Oneday she went to  her father and asked him if there is any possible way to kill him . at first he refused to tell her but then she  told him if in case anyone tries to kill him she will be there for her father  and help him if only she knows the way and precautions. He told her there is nothing in this world which can kill him except fire. Fire is the only possible way to kill him so she betrayed her father and told the people.

Wazir suggested they should make three big  holes outside kings palace, at night  people fired the big holes. Because the fire was in large amount, king became unrest and jumped out of his window, he fell into the first hole, he then jumped into the other and disappeared. The only cure to him was now water. Wazir told the people to hide water from every possible place and replace it with wine. The king then appeared in a house of an old lady in Hanzal (a place in Hunza) and asked for water she gave him wine. He drank the wine and died at the exect place.  He was then buried in Hanzal.

people have many different stories yet in every version, from every place and time, we find the king was always a cannibal.