Sacred Landscape in Medieval Afghanistan
Sacred Landscape in Medieval Afghanistan
Revisiting the Faḍā"il-i Balkh
De:Azad Arezou
Contenu
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.