KARUKH DWAR

(ولسوالی اوبه - AF)
34.450000,63.550000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

The rare case of an arboreal 'dwar' (note 1) reports SYKES (1934: 329) from the famous and delightful shrine [no name mentioned] at Karokh (note 2) where the garden (note 3) is distinguished among other things by two trees growing closely together, and to pass through the narrow interval between them is humorously supposed to be a sign of virtue.The rare case of an arboreal 'dwar' (note 1) reports SYKES (1934: 329) from the famous and delightful shrine [no name mentioned] at Karokh (note 2) where the garden (note 3) is distinguished among other things by two trees growing closely together, and to pass through the narrow interval between them is humorously supposed to be a sign of virtue.

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Byron, Robert 1937 edited 1950; Sykes, Christopher 1934.

History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1933: Christopher SYKES (1934: 329) and Robert BYRON (1937 edited 1950) enjoyed squeezing through a gap between two trees, held a lecture at the Royal Geographical Society (London, Kensington Gore) and wrote a book. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.5Dahan-i- Ghar, Karukh
20.6CHESHT-e SHARIF (Cave at)
40.8CHEHEL DOKHTARAN, Qadis 1 (Cave of the)
40.8QADIS VIEW CAVES, Mourehzar
40.8CHEHEL DOKHTARAN, Qadis, 2nd (Cave of the)
76.6DARRAH-i- BUM (Cave at)
108.2BALA MURGHAB (Lindberg 1949) (Caves at)
118.4BALA MURGHAB (Simpson 1886), 2nd (Caves at)
118.4Bala Murghab (Caves at)