Sirkiting (Baqir Colony)
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Sirkiting or Baqir Colony | |
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Village | |
| Location of Sirkiting or Baqir Colony | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Region | Baltistan |
| District | Ghanche District |
| Elevation | 1,500 m (4,900 ft) |
| Population (1998) | 300[citation needed] |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Postal code | 16100 |
| Area code | +92 5816 |
| Website | http://www.facebook.com/pages/Baqir-Colony-Sirkiting-Yugo-Baltistan/173024409455058 |
Yugo Baltistan is mainly divided into Yugo proper and Sirkiting(Baqir Colony).Baqir colony is a very beautiful place in the premises of Yugo. Ancestor of this area belongs to Gon, Khaplu. that is why they are also called gonpas by yugopas .They are peaceful, fair skinned and medium statured people. Similarly people of Baqir colony have some distinct qualities and personalities which make them different from other people of Yugo Proper.They are hard working, intelligent, self respecting and cooperative
Location
The sirkiting village is just beside the great mountain of Boortat Yugo. In the east of Baqir colony Kharfaq is located and in the west Yugo Proper is located. In north of Sirkiting Balaghar is located but in west of sirkiting Boorat is existed.The Cholong(stream)of yugo proper separate Yugo Proper from sirkiting at Mabhosaing.Baqirpas(people of Baqir colony) call the people across the cholung as Yupas and prefer to call themselves as Sirkitingpa(pa is adj in Balti dialect) or Bqiri.Most clearly people of youpa are considered as yugovi or people of yugo but due to identification purpose now a days both Sirkiting and Youpas called themselves Yugovi.
People of Baqir Colony
Population of Baqir colony is about 300.The people of Baqir colony are mostly associated with farming and are peasant. But due to modern trend of education and technical knowledge people are getting Know how of modern era.Today many people of Baqir colony are farmers but there are also doctors, engineers, IT persons and teachers. Many people are doing government jobs and a number of people are working in foreign countries. Many people have shifted in Khaplu and Skardu cities of Baltistan. While a number of students are getting education in different cities of Pakistan.
Common Necessities of life in Sirkiting
As the world has turned into a global village so the people of Sirkiting are also availing the benefits of modern technologies and science. Today the people of Sirkiting have electricity, Telephone and other communication medium.They have now shops in Sirkiting village .They have a good supply of Water spring pipe lines to provide drinking water. They have now different facilities due to paved road through the Sirkiting, they have link road to Sirkiting for transport facilities.
Education system
There is a primary school for the children of sirkiting. But the school classes are held in the village madrassah of sirkiting from 8 t0 2:00.The madrassahs of Sirkiting is giving religious education to the children of sirkiting. There was a time when the madrassah was the top one among the other madrassahs of baltistan due to hardworking and sincere teaching of Scholar Bawa(cleric) Abdullah who made the students more fluent in Qiraat and Arabic. Even today students get classes of translation of Quran, hadees,history and fiqh from the Moulana.So this madrassah has a very good impact on thesociety and people of Sirkiting. As the boys middle school Yugo is now in the premises of sirkiting so the students of Sirkiting can get education at their door. Many students get school education from the adjacent Yugo Proper schools and are known for their astonishing intelligence and knowledge among the people of yugo.
HISTORICAL FACTS
Apo baqir an Akhond and religious cleric
Apo(Apo means aged person) Baqir was an akhond (cleric) ,belonged to Baqir- pi-Gon, Khaplu, who was invited by yugopas to teach them Islam. People of yugo were following Noorbakhshi Islam during that period. He accepted the request and came to yugo Proper.For a duration of time he was cherished by people of yugo, but after that he said that he should be given a piece of land so that he would cultivate that place. The yugopas decided to give him rinthaqkhor(a place name) but Apo rejected by saying that you people are giving me an occupied and cultivated land but I need an uncultivated land, the yugopas asked him about that, he answered that he want sirkiting(which was fullof thorns that time),that place was not yet cultivatable because the population of yugo was about 20 or 30 families.He told them that he should be given that Cham(corner) so they gave him that place whose boundary was from Rahman Thqskampa 's present house to khlanjn to Sodaypnang;and from sodaypa nang(house) to hldetphong(a rock),and from that to tso(a lake); they marked it for him. As the area was full of thorns ,so he burnt the thorns that is why its name is termed s sikfi(burnt) ting(place).Then Apo made his house at NANGMAL and made a HLTNOOS there, he then lived there. He has two sons and his two daughters were married to yugo proper. His Sons were not at home while there came a flood and its flow go on increasing.Apo was old enough that his power of sight was finished ,his daughters rushed to his house so that their father my be saved ,when they reached there they saw that Apo was sleeping because he could not see what was happening, flood was hitting the pillars of the house they told him that flood is hitting house so he must go out because flood would wash the house, they took him out,the daughters asked him where was his Shishaq(balgoos,a coffin cloth),apo said that his kafan will not be washed out by water ;as he had placed them under the SHINGI ZDONGBu(wooden box),so the daughters went inside and took out his kafan and threw it in APO HalEEM's KhyooL(place fr thrashing).Tthen flood washed his home, he said that this place was not worth to live so he came to present Residence area of sirkiting and made a house. Then his off springs spread until there were 15 families in sirkiting. And that time all were the followers of Noorbakhshia and Apo mala(father f Maulana Abdul Rahim Yugovi was a leading imam of prayer for them.
Apo Haleem had a small brother named Baqir, he was 2 or 3 years while he was crawling(ban kos).As Apo Haleem was relative of Apo Alipa .once his mother was took him to Apo Alipa home where an old carpenter from Khaplu was t working at yugo. He used to play with that garba, hewas affected by smallpox. So that Baqir was affected by smallpox. People came to know that he was affected so requested his father to separate him from the village father was Tangpa Rahman .His father took him at present Baqir doksa and took in a cave and made a wall of stone around the cave. His family brought food for him and they were superstitious enough that they hold thorns with them as they believed that smallpox could not affect a person with holding thorns. So they put the food at Sog(thorn) thang and Apo was called to take meal. At last that child died and he was buried in a small grave and return back to home after washing his body.That is why the place s termed as Baqir doksa(place).People of baqri once were grazng their goats when they found that the bones of small child were visible inside as a long period of time was passed.
Maulana Abdul Rahim Yugovi
To get eduction Apo Mala sent [1]his son to Kharkoh,keris,shigar.As Mirs were married in their own families, so he went to different mirs;then he went to dehli,Hindustan because there was not a proper structured madrassah in Baltistan that time.
Malongpa Rahman Contributions for Indepence of Baltistan
Malongpa Rahman [2]who is also called Malongpa Ghoot.He used to say that there would be a great fight (thangoo) between Muslims and Hindu and thus used to make moorchas in his house by making holes from one wall to another and other defense tactics. He contributed a lot during the war of independence of Baltistan.He trained a group of volunteer force who were going to fight the enemy t Thorgu Pari,so the force was succeeded in her intention and thus a brave person of Baqir colony made a good contribution for Independence.Mala Karim (famous Blacksmith) says that I remember when there were only 12 families in Baqir colony. Only Apo Haleem had no son, these days there are 24 or 25 families in Baqir colony, am 60 years old within my life the population is doubled.
Familes and Family backgrounds
Apo(old man) Baqir had four sons from which all the people of baqir colony belong : <uol>
qamberp,jfer,bwa msood, ldon karem, bwa bhaji
thqskam rman,krm,Abdullh,Arz pa
Sodaypa,kowatfowa,Akhma khan pa
Mala krm,Malong Abdullah,Malong Ismail
Mala Abdul Kareem[3] Says:”I remember there were 12 famlies in ([Baqir Colony]) which were following: Thqskampa,aposoday,kwatfoo,apo jaffer,apo haleem,mlongpa,bwa hajipa,arzipa,thaqskampa.So there were 12 tootps or families n 1949-1965 ,now there are24 tootpas.”
Floods in Baqir colony
There were 4 flood:
- In 1919 first flood which was low intensity.(up todaarkhang canal).but after 3 years there was a flood hugewater qambar pa house was washed. Every thing wasdemolished that time thangwa and boorat were not abaad.Inyogu t was up to sooqkhorng
- 1921-22 second flood struck the area.t went n yowa uptoapo heen qdir house .Khanqa's wall fell down.
- 1925-26 after 3 years of second flood
- 1931 the last flood was low one which was up to khlanjhan.
And there[4] were 9 flood within 9 years. People had left nothing so they were desperate ;therefore so many people migrated to khapluand skardu.After 1931 flood stopped people says that 2031st will be 100 year so there’s record.
Name of Some Places of Baqir colony
Following are names of some famous places of Baqir colony:
Beethang, Khlan jann,Gongma thombos, Hltepla, Nangmal,Baqir doksa, bagatting,,hrta la ,Bolongma, bizbira, Klangan ,Sas pang, Gholonginng, Spousing, Khlyang fong,hldet fong, Akha hstaru, Ghon chul la.
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See also
Notes
References
- Interwiew of Ma la Abdul Kareem (special thanks)by Inam Yugovi
- Kaarwan Adab Khaplu