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ID: 8712003
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8712003

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Nāderābād (deserted settlement)  Nāderābād (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 31 32 45 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 31.5460  decimal degrees
Long: 065 41 34 E  degrees minutes   Long: 65.6930  decimal degrees

Note: City built by Nāder Shah in 1738, after the destruction of Old Kandahar. It was situated approximately 3 km south of present-day Kandahar. The city was abandoned in 1747 and is no longer visible, though is apparently visible aerially.

Names:
Nāderābād (preferred,C,V)
Naderabad (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Afghanistan (nation)  ........  Afghanistan (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Kandahār (province)  ............  Kandahār (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Nāderābād (deserted settlement)  ................  Nāderābād (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)
city (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Naderabad..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Axworthy, Nader Shah (2009)
Nāderābād..........  [VP]
....................  Encyclopaedia Iranica (2014-) accessed 9 January 2018
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Iranica (2014-) accessed 9 January 2017
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopaedia Iranica (2014-) "Kandahar"; accessed 9 January 2018

 

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