Haldi () also Halde or Huldi is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

Ghanche District Ghanche District (; ) is a district of Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the te ...

Gilgit-Baltistan Gilgit-Baltistan (; ), formerly known as the Northern Areas, is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative units of Pakistan, administrative territory and consists of the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has b ...

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

. Haldi is a historic village of Baltistan, located at the meeting place of

Saltoro river Saltoro River is a tributary river of Shyok River in the Siachen Region. Its main source is Bilafond Glacier. The Saltoro river drains into the Hushe river The Hushe River is a tributary river to the Shyok River which itself is a tributar ...

and

Hushe River The Hushe River is a tributary river to the Shyok River which itself is a tributary to the Indus River. The main source of the Hushe River is the Gondogoro Glacier. Some streams also flow from other glaciers of the Hushe valley. The Hushe rive ...

28 km from district centre

Khaplu Khaplu (Urdu: , pronounced: əpluː Balti: ཁཔ་ལུ།), also spelt Khapalu, is a city that serves as the administrative capital of the Ghanche District in Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan, within the disputed Kashmir region. Lo ...

History

According to Molvi Hashmatullah Lakhnavi, Haldi was the ancient administrative capital of the ancient

valley. Around 850 A.D. Baig Manthal came to Haldi from Central Asia through the Kondus valley. He built Stranpo Khar or Kharmang Khar in a rock. He founded the independent state of Haldi. Later he invaded Pharawa, the capital of Raja Gori tham. After taking control of all of Saltoro and

Hushe Hushe (; ) is the last village of the Ghangche District of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It is the highest village in the once extremely remote and impoverished Hushe Valley. Hushe men began working as cooks and porters for mountaineering expedi ...

valley he invaded the

valley. He became the only ruler of this region and established his capital in Haldi. Then he constructed a fort in Saling. According to Molvi Hashmatullah Lakhnavi in ''Tarikh e Jammu'' and Yusuf Hussain Abadi in ''Tarikh e Baltistan'', Baig Manthal was the founder of the Yabgo dynasty. Now the ruins of a fort remain on the rock known as Kharmang khar where it was built by Baig Manthal. This fort was present up to 1750 A.D, as it is mentioned in Shigar Nama (an old history book of

Shigar Shigar () is the headquarter of its namesake district and tehsil in the Baltistan division of Gilgit-Baltistan region in northern Pakistan. It is located on the bank of the Shigar River in the most remote part of the region. It is a popular si ...

), where Hatam Khan of Yabgo had ruled. According to

Greg Mortenson Greg Mortenson is an American professional speaker, writer, veteran, and former mountaineer. He is a co-founder and former executive director of the non-profit Central Asia Institute and the founder of the educational charity Pennies for Peace. ...

, American author of the book ''

Three Cups of Tea ''Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time'' (original hardcover title: ''Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations ... One School at a Time'') is a memoir book by Greg Morte ...

'', Haldi village was as perfect a place as Mortenson had seen in Pakistan.

People

Johar Ali Johar

Known as Bowa Johar, he was a famous Balti poet. His tomb is located near Khanqah e Muallah, Haldi. He wrote nearly 70 behartaweel. He also wrote

qasida The qaṣīda (also spelled ''qaṣīdah''; plural ''qaṣā’id'') is an ancient Arabic word and form of poetry, often translated as ode. The qasida originated in pre-Islamic Arabic poetry and passed into non-Arabic cultures after the Arab Mus ...

, marsia, nohay, manqabat and naat in

Balti language Balti (Perso-Arabic script: , Tibetan script: སྦལ་ཏི།, ) is a Tibetic language natively spoken by the ethnic Balti people in the Baltistan region of Gilgit-Baltistan, Nubra Valley of the Leh district and in the Kargil distric ...

and

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

. He is also called Shehenshah e behartaweel king of Behartaweel and Firdosi e Baltistan.

Tourism

Haldi Cones, a group of mountains in the Karakoram range, are one of the most popular tourist attractions in Haldi village.

References

{{Ghanche District Baltistan Populated places in Ghanche District

History

People

Johar Ali Johar

Tourism

Further reading

References