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Chishti Sharif
Chishti Sharif (also known as Chisht-e Sharif or Chisht) is a town situated on the northern bank of the Hari River in Herat Province, Afghanistan. It is the administrative center of Chishti Sharif District.
Chishti Sharif چشت شریف | |
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District | |
Chishti Sharif Location within Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 34°20′50″N 63°44′23″E / 34.347308°N 63.739659°E | |
| Country | Afghanistan |
| Province | Herat |
| District | Chishti Sharif |
| Elevation | 1,573 m (5,161 ft) |
History
The Chishti Order of Sufi mystics began in Chishti Sharif about 930 CE. Maudood Chishti is buried there, in a large mausoleum.
Chishti Sharif contains two historic domes (gumbads) built by Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad of the Ghurid dynasty.[1][2] The eastern dome was damaged by a tank shell at some point during the Afghanistan conflict.[3]
Climate
Chisti Sharif has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsa). Precipitation mostly falls in spring and winter.
| Climate data for Chishti Sharif | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.8 (27.0) | −1.1 (30.0) | 4.1 (39.4) | 9.7 (49.5) | 14.9 (58.8) | 20.4 (68.7) | 22.7 (72.9) | 21.1 (70.0) | 15.8 (60.4) | 9.6 (49.3) | 3.3 (37.9) | −0.5 (31.1) | 9.8 (49.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 73.9 (2.91) | 132.5 (5.22) | 113.3 (4.46) | 113.3 (4.46) | 70.5 (2.78) | 3.5 (0.14) | 0.2 (0.01) | 0.6 (0.02) | 0.3 (0.01) | 22.4 (0.88) | 54.7 (2.15) | 32.9 (1.30) | 618.1 (24.34) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 61 | 68 | 56 | 47 | 37 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 33 | 48 | 50 | 41 |
| Source 1: ClimateCharts[4](1988-2017) | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: World Weather Online (precipitation & humidity)[5] | |||||||||||||
Gallery
Domes of Chishti Sharif
References
- ^ "Gumbad-i Chisht-i Sharif". Archnet. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Chisht, Chisht-e Sharif (also known as Chisht-i Sharif or Khwaja Chist)". Cultural Property Training Resource: Afghanistan. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ Rory Stewart (2007). The Places in Between. HMH Books. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-15-603593-4.
- ^ "Climate: Chishti Sharif - 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 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Humidity: Chishti Sharif - worldweatheronline.com". Retrieved 16 September 2022.
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