Girishk

Girishk
Girishk Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 31°49′N 64°34′E
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Helmand Province
Time zone	UTC+4:30

Girishk is a village and fort of Afghanistan. It stands on the right bank of the Helmand River 78 miles west of Kandahar on the road to Herat; 3641 ft. above the sea. Girishk was occupied by the British during the First Afghan War, and a small garrison of sepoys under a native officer successfully withstood a siege of nine months by an overwhelming Afghan force. The Dasht-i-Bakwa stretches beyond Girishk towards Farah, a level plain of considerable width, which tradition assigns as the field of the fine contest for supremacy between Russia and England.

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.