Fīrōzkōh

Chaghcharan lies on a terrace above the upper Hari River, amid the mountains of Ghor. The river cuts westward through this rugged country toward Herat. Ghor was the home of the Ghurid dynasty, whose rulers built the great minaret at Jam where a tributary meets the Hari. Their vanished capital Firuzkuh is often associated with that monument. Chaghcharan itself lies farther up the river, in the highland country from which the Ghurids rose.