Kirukh
كروخ
A town with a strong earthen wall and many gardens, known for the raisins carried to distant lands, three stages from Herat. 1
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Kirukh is a town with a strong wall of earth, and its gardens are many and populous. It has the redcurrant that is shipped to all horizons, and it lies three stages from Herat, according to al-Idrisi. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 472
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.472
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islam.museum contributors. “Kirukh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/kirukh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.