Elevation 4,805 m | Parent range Hindu Kush | |
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Location Ghazni Province, Afghanistan | ||
Kharkush also Khaṟkus (Persian: خر کش ; Mountain which attracts the sun) is a mountain of the Hindu Kush in Afghanistan. It is located in Ghazni Province.
Map of Kharkush, Sangi Masha, Afghanistan
Kharkusch is one of several mountains name in the Indo-Iranian cultural area or Greater Khorasan (Persian: خراسان بزرگ ) (old name) with the same name, especially in Persian-speaking countries such as Iran and Afghanistan.
Khorasan (Persian: خراسان ) is written Kharasan, read and pronounced by locals Khorasan. Khar (Persian: خر is an abbreviation for Khor (Persian: خور or Khorsheed (Persian: خورشيد for sun). The sun was according to the Iranian mythology, the son of Mithra.
Khar kush is, now Khar Kesh are two mountains and many locations in Iran. Kuh-e Khar Posht is a 2,175 m mountain peak near Khorramābād, Lorestān, Iran