Maruf, Afghanistan

The town of Maruf^[1] is the district center of Maruf District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. It is located in the Toba Achakzai mountains at 2,007 metres (6,584.6 ft).^[2] It is the place where Ahmad Shah Durrani, the founder of Afghanistan, lived his last days and died on 16 October 1772.^[3][4]

Maruf
Maruf Location in kandahar Afghanistan
Coordinates: 31°39′N 67°11′E
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Kandahar
District	Maruf
Elevation	6,585 ft (2,007 m)
Time zone	UTC+4:30

Climate

Maruf has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsa) with hot, dry summers and moderately cold winters.

Climate data for Maruf
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Daily mean °C (°F)	−1.3 (29.7)	2.1 (35.8)	8.4 (47.1)	14.1 (57.4)	19.1 (66.4)	24.2 (75.6)	26.0 (78.8)	24.5 (76.1)	19.9 (67.8)	13.8 (56.8)	8.3 (46.9)	2.8 (37.0)	13.5 (56.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	55.2 (2.17)	92.7 (3.65)	64.9 (2.56)	35.8 (1.41)	11.1 (0.44)	0.4 (0.02)	4.3 (0.17)	3.8 (0.15)	1.9 (0.07)	1.5 (0.06)	24.8 (0.98)	16.1 (0.63)	312.5 (12.31)
Average relative humidity (%)	48	52	38	28	18	12	16	16	14	21	36	37	28
Source 1: ClimateCharts[5]
Source 2: World Weather Online (precipitation & humidity)[6]

References

1. "Ma'ruf". GEOnet Names Server. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
2. "Elevation: Maruf". Retrieved 25 September 2022.
3. Saggu, Devinder Singh (2018). Battle Tactics And War Manoeuvres of the Sikhs. Notion Press. ISBN 9781642490060. In the following years Abdali's face became disfigured due to the wound inflicted on his nose by the flying brick. To cover it up, he got a nose of silver made. As ordained by Providance, maggot's formation took place in his nose, throat and brain. So much so that it became difficult for him to swallow the food. Maggots would slip down his throat. Attendants, tried to feed him milk by spoon but maggots would fall from his nose in the spoon. His condition became miserable and on the night of 16th Oct, 1772 at Toba Maruf in Suilleman hills he met with a terrible end.
4. Gandhi, Surjit Singh (1980). Struggle of the Sikhs for Sovereignty. Punjab, India: Gur Das Kapur Publications. p. 469. as a consequence of which he was wounded on the nose by a flying brick piece on April 10, 1762 which wound remained a festering incurable sore till he died of it on October 16, 1772 at Toba Mar in Suleman hills of Afghanistan.
5. "Climate: Ma'rūf - ClimateCharts, Laura Zepner, Pierre Karrasch, Felix Wiemann & Lars Bernard (2020) ClimateCharts.net – an interactive climate analysis web platform, International Journal of Digital Earth, DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2020.1829112". Retrieved 24 September 2022.
6. "Humidity: Ma'ruf - World Weather Online". Retrieved 24 September 2022.