Paropamisus Mountains

The mountains of Ghor form part of the high country at the eastern end of the Paropamisus. Ridges and deep valleys surround the upper course of the Hari River, whose waters flow west toward Herat. Among these mountains the Ghurid rulers established their power before extending it over a much wider realm. At Jam, where a tributary joins the Hari, a tall brick minaret survives as a striking monument of their late twelfth-century patronage.