Chishti Sharif
Chishti Sharif
چشت شریف | |
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  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) |
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.
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 climate classification: 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
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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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