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Abdal Khan (ruler of Skardu, Baltistan and Klein-Tibet) Abdal Khan (also called Abdul Khan) was a son of  Ali Sher Khan  , probably the most important ruler of  Skardu  in  Baltistan  . As a member of the Makpon ruling family of Skardu he ruled only a few years in the first half of the 17th century and lost his throne in 1636 by an invasion arranged by the Indian Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan (1627-1658). This ended the independence of the ruling houses in Baltistan for the rest of the 17th century. Historically, the area directly dominated by the Abdal Khan in Baltistan is next to the core land Skardu also  Shigar  ,  Rondu  and  Kartaksho included. In the literary literature of Baltistan, he is still alive today as a sinister figure with the nickname "Mizos" "man-eater". After the death of Ali Sher Khan in the twenties of the 17th century, his eldest son Ahmad Khan took over the rule in Skardu for a short tim...

History of Baltistan Reference: Copied from  http://www.tibet-encyclopaedia.de/baltistan.html    Figure 1: The location of Baltistan in the extreme north-east of Pakistan. Source:    www.lib.utexas.edu/  maps / kashmir.html   Figure 2: The Karakorum Highway (red) from Islamad to Sinkiang and the 170 km long connecting road (black) to Skardu in Baltistan Baltistan (Little-Tibet) Baltistan, formerly also known as Little Tibet (Little Tibet, Petit Tibet, Tibet Minor), is a high mountainous region in the extreme north-east of Pakistan. Baltistan is characterized by its location in the Karakorum stretching between the 35th and 36th northern latitudes over about 650 km, a huge mountain range, with the K2 also the second highest mountain in the world. Less than 1% of the area of ​​Baltistan is irrigated, so that the region, as seen from the oases and mountain pastures along the rivers, consists essentially of in...