Haldi () also Halde or Huldi is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

Ghanche District The Ghanche District ( bft, ) is the easternmost district of the 14 districts of Pakistan-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan. Pakistan Army's brigade headquarters is located at Goma, Ghanche district. Pakistan Army's Gayari Sector Battal ...

Gilgit-Baltistan Gilgit-Baltistan (; ), formerly known as the Northern Areas, is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative territory, and constituting the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region which has been the subject of a dispute bet ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

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

Saltoro river Saltoro River is a tributary river of Shyok River The Shyok River is a tributary of the Indus River that flows through northern Ladakh and enters Gilgit–Baltistan, spanning some . The Shyok River originates at the Rimo Glacier, one of th ...

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Hushe River The Hushe River is a tributary river to the Shyok River which itself is 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 river join ...

28 km from district centre

Khaplu Khaplu (Urdu: ) and ( Balti: ཁཔ་ལུ།), also spelt Khapalu, is a city that serves as the administrative capital of the Ghanche District of Gilgit-Baltistan, in northern Pakistan. Lying east of the city of Skardu, it was the second-lar ...

History

According to Molvi Hashmatullah lakhnavi, Haldi was ancient administrative capital of ancient

valley. Around 850 A.D. Baig Manthal came to Haldi from central Asia via Kondus valley. He constructed Stranpo Khar or Kharmang Khar in a rock. He founded Independent state of Haldi. Later he invaded Pharawa which was Raja Gori tham capital. After controlling whole

Saltoro The Saltoro Mountains are a subrange of the Karakoram Range. They are located in the southeast Karakoram on the southwest side of the Siachen Glacier, one of the two longest glaciers outside the polar regions. The name given to this range is sha ...

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Hushe Hushe ( ur, ہوشی) 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 mountaineeri ...

valley He invaded whole

valley. He became only ruler of this region and he established his capital in Haldi. Then he constructed fort in Saling. According to Molvi Hashmatullah Lakhnavi in Tarikh e Jammu and Yousuf Huasain Abadi in Tarikh e Baltistan, Baig Manthal was founder of Yabgo Dynasty. Now the ruins of fort remained on the rock known as Kharmang khar where it was built by Baig Manthal founder of Yabgo dynasty. This fort was present up to 1750 A.D as this fort is mentioned in Shigar Nama (an old history book of baltistan Shigar), 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 from Haldi. His tomb is located near Khanqah e Muallah Haldi. He wrote nearly 70 behartaweel. He also wrote Qaseeda, Marsia, Nohay, Manqabat and Naat in

Balti language Balti (Nastaʿlīq script: , Tibetan script: སྦལ་ཏི།, ) is a Tibetic language natively spoken by the ethnic Balti people in the Baltistan region of Gilgit−Baltistan, Pakistan, Nubra Valley of the Leh district and in the Karg ...

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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.

Tourist Attractions

Haldi Cones NOTOC Haldi Cones are a group of mountains located in Karakoram range in Ghanche district of Gilgit Baltistan. The granite peaks are located in Haldi village located at a distance of 25 km from Khaplu Khaplu ( Urdu: ) and ( Balti: ཁ� ...

Haldi Cones are one of the most popular tourist attractions in Haldi village. The most beautiful mountain in Gilgit Baltistan is Haldi Cones. it looks very attractive and shine the awesome natural beauty.

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