Sacred Landscape in Medieval Afghanistan: Revisiting the Fadail-i Balkh

Sacred Landscape in Medieval Afghanistan: Revisiting the Fadail-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 todays northern Afghanistan, in the five centuries from the Islamic conquests of the eighth century to the arrival of the Mongols in the thirteenth century. Autor: Arezou Azad Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press Rok wydania: 2013 Okładka: twarda Liczba stron: 240 Wymiary: 22.3 x 14.6 x 2 cm Ilustracje: 13 colour plates, 7 bw in-text figures, 3 maps Język: angielski ISBN: 9780199687053