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Gharjestan (also Gharchestan, Gharshistan, Gharchegan, Garshestan) was historical region comprising large mountainous land located between Herat and Kabul. The area comprised the lands later known as Hazarajat.
Gharjistan was originally known as "Garshestan", derived from the Avestan word "Garsh" and the Persian suffix "stan". It was later Arabized to "Gharjistan". The Avestan word "Gar" meant "mountain", and was mentioned in the Yasna. The word "Giro" in Hazaragi is widely used in the mountainous regions of Gharjistan.بامیان؛ پایتخت شکوه اساطیری, شوکت علی محمدی شاری, انتشارات امیری|صفحه ۷۷
Earlier Arab geographers called the area "Gharj al-Shar". "Shar", similar to the Persian "Shah", was a regional title used for kings, and, according to Al-Maqdisi, the word "Gharj" meant mountain in the local language, and therefore, Gharj al-Shar meant "mountain of the king". In the late Middle Ages, the land was called Gharjistan.جغرافیای تاریخی سرزمینهای خلافت شرقی, لسترنج, محمود عرفان, شرکت انتشارات علمی و فرهنگی, ص۴۴۲, ۱۳۶۷
Ibn Hawqal, a Muslim geographer from the fourth century AH, wrote about Gharj al-Shar during his observations of Bamyan: Gharj al-Shar has two cities, one is Bashin and the other is Shurmain. Both cities are of equal size and have water and gardens. The sultan to whom this land is attributed and who is called "Shar" resides in the village of Bilikan.صورة الارض:سفرنامه ابن حوقل|انتشارات امیر کبیر, ١٧٨
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