Mandesh Explained

Mandesh is the historical name by which the mountain region of Ghor was called.^[1]

History

The region was governed under a Malik named 'Amir Suri'^[2] and the population ^[3] was not yet converted to Islam.

See also

• Ghōr Province
• Sur (Pashtun tribe)

Notes and References

1. E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936, Volume 7 By Martijn Theodoor Houtsma Page 161
2. Encyclopedia: M. Longworth Dames . G. Morgenstierne . R. Ghirshman . AFGHĀNISTĀN. Encyclopaedia of Islam. CD-ROM Edition v. 1.0. Koninklijke Brill NV. Leiden, The Netherlands. 1999 . "... there is no evidence for assuming that the inhabitants of Ghūr were originally Pashto-speaking (cf. Dames, in E I1). If we are to believe the Paṭa Khazāna (see below, iii), the legendary Amīr Karōṝ, grandson of Shansab, (8th century) was a Pashto poet, but this for various reasons is very improbable ...".
3. Satish Chandra, Medieval India:From Sultanat to the Mughals-Delhi Sultanat (1206-1526), Part 1, (Har-Anand Publications, 2006), 22.