Koh-i-Chiltan ( ur, ; ''”Mount Chiltan”'') is a peak located in the Chiltan mountain group of the
Sulaiman Mountains
The Sulaiman Mountains, also known as Kōh-e Sulaymān ( Balochi/Urdu/ fa, ; "Mountains of Solomon") or Da Kasē Ghrūna ( ps, د كسې غرونه; "Mountains of Kasi"), are a north–south extension of the southern Hindu Kush mountain system i ...
, in the
Quetta District
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of
Balochistan Province
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, in western
Pakistan
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.
Koh-i-Chiltan is the summit of a steep, rocky mountain called Chiltan or Chehel-Tan (Persian/Balochi: "Forty Bodies"). ''Lwarrh Saar'' is the highest peak of Chiltan mountains range at , it is the third-highest peak of Quetta after Zarghoon Ghar and
Koh-i-Takatu
Koh-i-Takatu ( ur, ;Takatu Mount ”) is a Mount peak located in the Sulaiman Mountains range, in the North east of Quetta District of Balochistan Province, in western Pakistan.
The highest peak of this Mountain range is Loai Saar or (Lwarr ...
, and fifth-highest peak of Balochistan.
There are many juniper trees found in high ranges.
Koh-i-Chiltan legends
Koh-i-Chiltan is said to be haunted. A local story about the mountain tells the tale:
["Haunted" source: A Ride to India Across Persia and Balochistan by Harry de Windt (1856-1933).]
::A frugal couple, married for many years, were unblessed with offspring. They therefore sought the advice of a holy man, who rebuked the wife, saying that he had not the power to grant her what Heaven had denied. The priest's son, however (also a
mullah), felt convinced he could satisfy her wishes, and cast forty pebbles into her lap, at the same time praying that she might bear children. In process of time she was delivered of forty babies rather more than she wished or knew how to provide for. The poor husband at his wits' end ascended to the summit of Chehel-Tan with thirty-nine and left them there trusting to the mercy of the Deity to provide for them while the fortieth baby was brought up under the paternal roof.
::One day, however, touched by remorse the wife unknown to her husband explored the mountain with the object of collecting the bones of her children and burying them. To her surprise, they were all living and gambolling among the trees and rocks. Wild with joy she ran back to her dwelling brought out the fortieth babe and placing it on the summit of the mountain left it there for a night to allure back its brothers but on returning in the morning she found that the latter had carried it off and it was never seen again. It is by the spirits of these forty babies that Chehel-Tan is said to be haunted.
See also
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Hazarganji-Chiltan National Park
Hazarganji Chiltan National Park is a national park in the Mastung District of western Balochistan Province of Pakistan. It lies between Chiltan on its west and Hazarganji on the east. The park was established in 1980 to provide the habitat to ra ...
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Geography of Balochistan, Pakistan
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List of mountains in Pakistan
Pakistan is home to 108 peaks above 7,000 metres and 4555 above 6,000 m. There is no count of the peaks above 5,000 and 4,000 m. Five of the 14 highest independent peaks in the world (the eight-thousanders) are in Pakistan (four of which lie in ...
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Mountain ranges of Pakistan
Pakistan is home to many mountains above . Five of the world's fourteen mountains taller than ("eight-thousanders") are in Pakistan, four of which are near Concordia.
Most of Pakistan's high peaks are located in the Karakoram range, the hig ...
References
The type section is chiltan ranges, the formation is mainly consist of dark gray massive bedded limestone forms thick bands with rough surface (3–20 ft) thick,
the limestone is highly resistant and it forms some of the highest mountains around the quetta valley,
the chiltan formation is underlined by shrinab formation (shrinab valley) the lower contact is transitional and upper contact is represented by an abrupt change in lithology from limestone to sembar shale.
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/asia/pakistan/pair-of-rare-persian-leopards-spotted-on-mount-chaltan/ar-AAKcrd1
External links
Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Sulaiman Mountains
Mountains of Balochistan (Pakistan)
Quetta District
Reportedly haunted locations in Pakistan
Three-thousanders of the Hindu Kush
