Sabzawar

Sabzawar is a town in Afghanistan, situated at an elevation of 3550 ft on the left bank of the river Harud, 93 miles south of Herat. Sabzawar was once a city of considerable size, and still possesses a fortress with sides of about 200 or 250 yards. This fortress has been abandoned, and the town, which is the centre of a group of villages is now fairly prosperous, with a bazaar of about 500 shops. The plains about Sabzawar are highly cultivated by the Nurzai Duranis, and each village is protected by its own little mud fort.

In the 14th century, Sabzawar was captured by Timur. Angered by the town's resistance, he had 2000 prisoners piled one atop another, and immured the still-living men with bricks and mortar to form a minaret. [1]

See also

• Hazrat Pir Shamsuddin Sabzwari Multani

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