Araska

Araska is a village in the Rustaq country of Badakhshan, on the western approaches to the mountainous lands of the upper Oxus. It was the birthplace of Mullah Shah Badakhshi, a seventeenth-century teacher of the Qadiri Sufi order. After becoming a disciple and successor of Mian Mir, he gained followers in Kashmir and the Mughal court. Among those who sought his instruction were the imperial prince Dara Shikoh and his sister Jahanara Begum.