Title Sacred landscape in medieval Afghanistan : revisiting the Faḍa'il-i Balkh / Arezou Azad

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) Series Oxford oriental monographs Oxford Oriental monographs. 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 6, 2014) Subject Sacred space -- Afghanistan -- Balkh Islam -- Afghanistan -- Balkh -- History Antiquities Islam Sacred space SUBJECT Balkh (Afghanistan) -- History Balkh (Afghanistan) -- Antiquities Subject Afghanistan -- Balkh Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191766954 019176695X

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