Medieval region of northwestern Afghanistan

Gharchistan or Gharjistan was a medieval region on the north bank of the Murghab River, lying to the east of Herat and north of Hari River.^[1]

References

^ Lewis 1991.

Sources

Lewis, Bernard (1991). "Ghardjistān". The Encyclopedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume II: C-G. Leiden and New York: BRILL. pp. 1010–1011. ISBN 90-04-07026-5.
Bosworth, C. E. (1975). "The early Ghaznavids". In Frye, R. N. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 162–198. ISBN 0-521-20093-8.

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