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Metar Lamech Shrine
Street address: 50 kilometres from Mehtarlam, Kunduz Province, Afghanistan
Mailing address: Kunduz Provincial Department of Information and Culture, Kunduz Provincial Government, Kunduz, Kunduz Province, Afghanistan
Proprietor: Ministry of Information and Culture and Kunduz Provincial Department of Information and Culture
Contact: Abdul Fatah Kalim Director General
Additional contact: Payenda Mohammad Rahiyab Director of Historic Monuments
Dates and duration: Open during daylight hours
According to local legend, Noah’s Ark landed on Kund Mountain and Laghman is named after Noahs father, Lamech. Sultan Mahmud (998-1030) built a tomb amid gardens over the site of his presumed grave, 50 kilometres from Mehtarlam.
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