Herat (afg)

Herat

Herat ranks 695th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Pest, Hungary, Bochum, and Elberfeld. The most famous people from Herat are Ahmad Shah Durrani, Abbas the Great, and Ali-Shir Nava'i. The most famous people who died in Herat are Jami, Dost Mohammad Khan, and Ali-Shir Nava'i. Herat has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Herat is located in Afghanistan.

Herat, also written as Harat or Hirat, and historically known as Haraiva, Horeiva and Hires, is a city in western Afghanistan, serving as the capital and largest city of Herat Province. It has long been the third-largest city of Afghanistan. The city is within the jurisdiction of Herat District and has an estimated population of 673,273 settled residents. Mullah Nematullah Hassan is the current mayor of the city. His predecessor was Haji Abdulraziq Rashed. Read more on Wikipedia