Mandesh is the historical name by which the mountain region of
Ghor was called.
[E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936, Volume 7 By Martijn Theodoor Houtsma Page 161]
The region was governed under a
Malik
Malik (; ; ; variously Romanized ''Mallik'', ''Melik'', ''Malka'', ''Malek'', ''Maleek'', ''Malick'', ''Mallick'', ''Melekh'') is the Semitic term translating to "king", recorded in East Semitic and Arabic, and as mlk in Northwest Semitic d ...
named
Amir Suri and the population was not yet converted to Islam in the 10th century.
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References
Historical geography of Afghanistan
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