Description of Panjshir valley by Ibn Battuta
Ibn Battuta (1304-1369) informs us that there used to be a fine and populous city on the bank of river Panjshir in the Panjshir valley. It was destroyed by Genghis Khan of the Mongols, and it was still in ruins and uninhabited when Ibn Batutta was writing. Panjshir was known as Panjhir پنجهیر in medieval … Read more