Kandibagh Explained

34.2879°N 70.3881°WKandibagh or Kindibagh is a village in Chaparhar District, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan.

History

David Bivar speculates that the village might be the Kindi of Ghaznavid sources where Sabuktigin humbled Jayapala's forces and installed a ribāṭ of considerable fame.[1] However, both the latitude and longitude are offset by about a degree when compared to Al-Biruni's records and the village has not been physically surveyed either to detect structural remnants that can be equated to the ribāṭ.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Bivar, A. D. H. . Al-Bīrūnī : commemorative volume : proceedings of the International Congress held in Pakistan on the occasion of millenary of Abū Raihān Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Bīrūnī 973-ca 1051 A.D., November 26, 1973 thru' December 12, 1973 . Hamdard National Foundation & Oxford University Press . 1979 . Karachi . 169, 173 . en . The stations of al-Bīrūnī on the journey from Ghazna to Peshawar.