KHORAM ROCK CLEFT

(ولسوالی خرم و سارباغ - AF)
35.919200,67.998300
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

What appears to represent a natural cave or rock shelter reported Reverend Joseph WOLFF (1835: 219-220) from Khoram (note 1), where he spent a night (16th to 17th April 1832) during his journey (note 2) from Kholm to Bamian: On 16th April 1832, We were frightened [the day before (?), on 15th April at Eybak = Haibak] by a tribe of Kadaghan and Balkhwee, robbers in the mountains, so that we were obliged to hide ourselves in the clefts of the rocks. We arrived at the ruined place of called Khoram, were we again slept in the clefts of a rock.What appears to represent a natural cave or rock shelter reported Reverend Joseph WOLFF (1835: 219-220) from Khoram (note 1), where he spent a night (16th to 17th April 1832) during his journey (note 2) from Kholm to Bamian: On 16th April 1832, We were frightened [the day before (?), on 15th April at Eybak = Haibak] by a tribe of Kadaghan and Balkhwee, robbers in the mountains, so that we were obliged to hide ourselves in the clefts of the rocks. We arrived at the ruined place of called Khoram, were we again slept in the clefts of a rock.

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Wolff, Joseph 1835.

Histoire

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1832.04.16-17: Reverend Joseph WOLFF (1835: 220) slept in the clefts of a rock at the ruined place called Khoram. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
19.8RUYI, Habash (Caves at)
27.3HAZARSUM, Ruyi Doab
36.4TAKHT-i- RUSTAM 5, Haibak Vihara (Cave at)
36.4TAKHT-i- RUSTAM 1: tunnelcave 1 (Cave at)
36.4TAKHT-i- RUSTAM 3: monolithic house (Cave at)
36.4TAKHT-i- RUSTAM 4: rock chambers (Caves at)
36.4Takht-e Rostam (Cave at) [Rudaba's Apartment Cave]
36.4TAKHT-i- RUSTAM 1: tunnelcave 2 (Cave at)
36.8HAIBAK ROCK CHAMBER