Friday, January 13, 2017

Charshamba (C.M. MacGregor, 1871)

Charshamba




A village in Afghan-Turkistan, 36 miles south-east of Maemana, on the Herat road. It contains 380 houses inhabited by Afshars, Jamshidis, Kapchaks dependent on the Vali of Maemana. It is surrounded by gardens and cultivation.
Palmer in his route from Herat to Balkh evidently alludes to the same place. He says no grain is procurable, but water and forage are abundant. (Palmer―Ferrier).



C.M. MacGregor — Central Asia. Part II. Afghanistan (1871)

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