Sacred landscape in medieval Afghanistan revisiting the Faḍāʼ il-i Balkh
Afghanistan has played a crucial role in shaping the history of Islam. This book provides the first in-depth study of the sacred sites and landscape of medieval Balkh, in today's northern Afghanistan, in the five centuries from the Islamic conquests of the eighth century to the arrival of the M...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
[2013]
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| Series: | Oxford Oriental monographs
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| Summary: | Afghanistan has played a crucial role in shaping the history of Islam. This book provides the first in-depth study of the sacred sites and landscape of medieval Balkh, in today's northern Afghanistan, in the five centuries from the Islamic conquests of the eighth century to the arrival of the Mongols in the thirteenth century |
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| Physical Description: | 256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations, maps 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9780199687053 |