[6] Dafdar means "door" or "gateway" in the Sarikoli language, spoken by Chinese Tajiks.

[8] During the Qing dynasty, the Chinese claimed suzerainty over the area but permitted the Mir of Hunza to administer the region in return for a tribute.

[8][9] In the 1875, British explorers recorded that Dafdar did not have a permanent settlement, but that it was used a caravan camp on the route between Tashkurgan and Hunza Valley.

[13] K2, the second highest mountain on Earth, is located in the Trans-Karakoram Tract[6] on the China-Pakistan border in Dafdar.

[2] Dafdar village lies at an altitude of 3,400 m above sea level, just to the east of the Karakoram Highway.