Moqor
Town in Ghazni Province on the Kandahar–Kabul road, Afghanistan. Dervla Murphy’s night in a chief’s compound in Full Tilt (as ‘Mukur’).
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full Tilt | Dervla Murphy | setting | A night in the chief’s compound, in the maidens’ quarters: her first view of purdah. |
Full Tilt — Dervla Murphy (1965)
Source: Full Tilt - Ireland to India With a Bicycle · Original · Readwise highlight
A total of 135 members of the family plus twenty-two servants live in the compound.
- Role: setting
- In the book: With no hotel in Mukur, she asks for the chief’s house and is led through a blossoming orchard to his compound. She sleeps in the maidens’ quarters, eats alone, meets the chief’s sons, and is accidentally made drunk on a fierce spirit.
- Why it matters: Her first sight of Afghan women and the purdah system, and a vivid ‘Arabian Nights’ picture of a tribal household that shapes her views on women’s freedom.