The Qizilbash forts in the village of Dana (Ludwig W. Adamec, 1985)

The Qizilbash forts in the village of Dana

34-27 69-8 m. Deh-i-Dana is a village in the Chardeh valley, on the left bank of the Kabul river, between Thiba and Indaki. Inhabitants: Tajiks, Khwajas and Kizilbashes. There are ten forts included in the village, and the whole population numbers 300 families. The forts are as follows:

1.       Kala-i-Ghulam Sidik (Tajik)

2.       Kala-i-Mirza Muhammad (Tajik)

3.       Kala-i-Samand (Tajik)

4.       Kala-i-Barat (Tajik)

5.       Kala-i-Khwaja Khan (Tajik)

6.       Kala-i-Mulla Yusuf Ali (Kizilbash)

7.       Kala-i-Khwaja Ahmad (Tajik)

8.       Kala-i-Nasir Gul Muhammad (Kizilbash)

9.       Kala-i-Asia-i-Butat (Tajik)

10.   Kala-i-Mirza Jafar (Kizilbash) (I.B.C.)

Another place with this name is south of Bazr-i-Yakowland, at 34-28 66-56 m. (LWA)

Ludwig W. Adamec — Historical and political gazetteer of Afghanistan. Volume [06] (1985)