Chil Zena
Chil Zena, also Chilzina or Chehel Zina, is a mountainous outcrop at the western limit of the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Chil Zena, also Chilzina or Chehel Zina, is a mountainous outcrop at the western limit of the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Forty stone steps lead to the top of the outcrop, hence its name. It gives a commanding view on the city of Kandahar. Chil Zena was located on the northern side of the old citadel of Old Kandahar, destroyed by Nadir Shah Afshar of Persia in 1738. The carving of the staircase was commissioned by the Emperor Babur. Chil Zena later received numerous inscriptions about the conquests of Babur (1526-1530), apparently carved by his son Humayun.
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Worth seeing in and around Chil Zena
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Alexandria Arachosia
Alexandria in Arachosia, also known as Alexandropolis, was a city in ancient times that is now called Kandahar in Afghanistan. It was one of more than twenty cities founded or renamed by Alexander the Great.
1.5 km · ancient Greek city, site of modern-day Kandahar, Afghanistan · Wikipedia - 02Omar Al-Farooq Mosque
The Omar Al-Farooq Mosque, also known as Jame Omer Masque, is a Sunni Friday mosque, located in Kandahar, Afghanistan. It is located next to Shahidaan Chowk.
3.6 km · mosque in Kandahar, Afghanistan · Wikipedia - 03Red Mosque, Kandahar
The Red Mosque is one of many mosques in Kandahar, Afghanistan. It is located at a crossroad in the Shahr-e Naw neighborhood of the city, on the Kandahar–Helmand Highway between the Ahmad Shah Baba High School and the 200-bed Mohmand Hospital.
2.2 km · mosque in Kandahar, Afghanistan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Chil Zena
- Airports
- Ahmad Shah Baba (KDH), 21 km · Quetta (UET), 194 km
- Guzara → Chil ZenaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Kabul → Chil ZenaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Mazar-i-Sharif → Chil ZenaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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No local-transport research exists yet for Chil Zena
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Chil Zena. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Chil Zena
Chil Zena is 4 km from Kandahār, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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