Sarakhs

Sarakhs, a town in the extreme north-east of Persia, stands on the Heri-Rud, in a position of considerable strategic importance. It was destroyed by the Persians in 1832, and is now a miserable place of Turkoman tents and huts; but there is a strong fort. The Russians in 1885 occupied the opposite bank of the river; and the place has been often mentioned in connection with the delimitation of boundaries between Russian, Persian, and Afghan territory. See the map at AFGHANISTAN.