Mirzakheyl (Caves at)

Various descriptions

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A group of (modified?) natural caves or dilapidated man-made rock chambers noticed SIMPSON (1881: 183, 206) where The termination of the [Kabul] Valley at this place is called Mirza Kheyl, …a white rocky ridge comes down close to the river, and there are remains of Buddhist masonry on it, with caves in the cliffs below. SIMPSON (1881: 206): Mirza Kheyl… caves in the cliff under left no doubt in my mind as to their character. SITUATION: Mirza Kheyl (SIMPSON 1881) seems to be one of the neighbouring villages Bar Mirzakheyl (N34°24'50”: E070°40'25” WGS84) and Kuz Mirzakheyl (N34°24'34”: E070°39'55” WGS8, nima.mil/geonames accessed 28.05.2004), which lie above the northern (orographically left) bank of the Kabul rud (river Kabul), just inside Kama district but close to the border with Rodat district. The white rocky ridge (SIMPSON 1881: 183) limits the eastern end of the –>Jalalabad plain and the western end of the Chahardeh / Chardeh plain. It appears to be a northern continuatio of the Markoh in the south (Rodat district).