Ghoryan

Town in Herat Province near Afghanistan’s border with Iran. Dervla Murphy’s first night in Afghanistan in Full Tilt (as ‘Ghurion’).

At a glance

Source	Author	Role	In one line
Full Tilt	Dervla Murphy	setting	First Afghan night, in a roadside tea-house beside the old proprietor.

Full Tilt — Dervla Murphy (1965)

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I slept very well last night in my roadside tea-house, curled up in a corner of the one-roomed building, with moonlight streaming through the doorway that had no door and the ‘proprietor’ curled up under his camel-hair rug in another corner, rifle and turban to hand.

• Role: setting
• In the book: After the frontier pillar and a relaxed customs reception she spends the first Afghan night in a roadside tea-house at Ghurion, sleeping beside the old proprietor.
• Why it matters: Her welcome to Afghanistan.