Qualla: Kirthar Mountains https://qualla.com/kirthar-mountains en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:31 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/t/k/z/c/kirthar-mountains-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Kirthar Mountains https://qualla.com/kirthar-mountains Kirthar Mountains: Introduction https://qualla.com/kirthar-mountains/ Photo credit Allah Dad Rind, CC BY-SA 4.0. The highest point in the Sindh portion of the Kirthar Mountains is called Kutte-ji-Qabar -- the Dog's Grave. According to a folk tale recorded in the 1855 collection Folk Tales of Scinde and Guzerat, a Brahui man's dog chased after thieves who had robbed a merchant. The merchant freed the dog and returned it, but the Brahui man, thinking the animal had simply run away, punished it. The dog died. When the man learned the truth, he carried the body to the mountaintop and buried it there, his remorse measured in vertical feet.

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/k/z/c/kirthar-mountains-wp/tkzc-kirthar-mountains-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Kirthar Mountains: A Boundary Written in Stone https://qualla.com/kirthar-mountains/ Photo credit Syed Rehan naqvi, CC BY-SA 4.0. The Kirthar range runs roughly north-south from the Arabian Sea coast to the Sulaiman Mountains in northwest Pakistan, forming the natural boundary between the provinces of Sindh and Balochistan. The range's highest peak, Zardak, reaches 9,498 feet. The second tallest, Drakhel Hi...

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/k/z/c/kirthar-mountains-wp/tkzc-kirthar-mountains-a-boundary-written-in-stone.mp3 0:06 2 full Kirthar Mountains: Deep Time in the Ridges https://qualla.com/kirthar-mountains/ Photo credit Aqeel Ahmed, CC BY-SA 2.0. The Kirthars consist of parallel anticlinal ridges oriented mostly north-south, with steeper northern and western faces. They belong to the Kirthar-Sulaiman geological province, a formation whose limestone layers contain fossils from epochs when this terrain lay beneath shallow s...

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/k/z/c/kirthar-mountains-wp/tkzc-kirthar-mountains-deep-time-in-the-ridges.mp3 0:06 3 full Kirthar Mountains: Tribes of the High Ground https://qualla.com/kirthar-mountains/ Photo credit Engryounis7, CC BY-SA 4.0. The Kirthar range is not empty. Major tribes living within it include the Chhutta, Burfat, Gabol, Marri, Bozdar, Lund, Nohani, Bugti, Chandio, and Lashari. These communities occupy a contested landscape: the mountain's mineral-rich areas have sparked territorial disputes between ...

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/k/z/c/kirthar-mountains-wp/tkzc-kirthar-mountains-tribes-of-the-high-ground.mp3 0:06 4 full Kirthar Mountains: Visible From the Sky https://qualla.com/kirthar-mountains/ Photo credit Madihasalam, CC BY-SA 4.0. From cruising altitude, the Kirthar range appears as a long corrugation of parallel ridges running from the Arabian Sea coast northward, separating the green irrigated lowlands of the Indus Valley to the east from the brown desert plateau of Balochistan to the west. The Hub and G...

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