Zebak

Zebak lies in the high valleys of Badakhshan, on the routes between the Kokcha basin and the upper Oxus. A comparatively low pass leads from here towards Ishkashim at the great bend of the Panj, where the river turns north into the Pamirs. Caravans travelling from Fayzabad towards Yarkand or India passed through this mountain country. South of Zebak, the upper Warduj valley offers approaches across the Hindu Kush towards the lands beyond its crest.