Official Name: | Chishti Sharif |
Native Name: | چشت شریف |
Native Name Lang: | pa |
Settlement Type: | District |
Coordinates: | 34.3473°N 63.7397°W |
Pushpin Map: | Afghanistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Afghanistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Herat |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Chishti Sharif |
Elevation M: | 1573 |
Chishti Sharif (also known as Chisht-e Sharif or Chisht and Chesht) 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.
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]
Chisti Sharif has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsb). Precipitation mostly falls in spring and winter.