Gharchistan

Gharchistan or Gharjistan (Persian: غرجستان, romanized: Gharjistān) 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

1. 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.