Mandesh
Mandesh is the historical name by which the mountain region of Ghor was called.History
The region was governed under a Malik named 'Amir' Suri and the mostly Hindu population was not yet converted to Islam.Etymology
Mandesh is probably a corruption of Madhyadesh from Sanskrit word Madhya Central + Desh land or country, because it was a mountain province right in the middle of that region, assuming the Ghurid rulers were Hindus. A second explanation, which seems more to be plausible due archeological sites and the factual and historical context, the name Mandesh is a Parthian and Middle Persian word taken from two words, māna and day, related with Sogdian M'yn and Diy, meaning rulers of the country or men of the land. Today, in eastern Persian dialects, deh means village and in some exceptions in the right context it can also used for valley.
