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The minaret of Djam : an excursion in Afghanistan / Freya Stark.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: London : Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2010.Description: xi, 147 p. : ill, map ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781848853133
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS352. S73 2010
Contents:
Contents: List of illustrations—Author’s note—1. Four roads—2. Enhancements of life—3. Sheep—4. Heroism and tradition—5. Landscape in Asia—6. The Herat wind—7. The minaret—8. The second threshold—9. Nomads—10. The western roads to Kabul—Index.
Summary: Abstract: The twelfth-century minaret of Djam is one of Afghanistan's most celebrated treasures, a magnificent symbol of the powerful Ghorid Empire that once stretched from Iran to India. The second talles brick minaret in the world, Djam lies in the heart of central Afghanistan's wild Ghor Province.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: List of illustrations—Author’s note—1. Four roads—2. Enhancements of life—3. Sheep—4. Heroism and tradition—5. Landscape in Asia—6. The Herat wind—7. The minaret—8. The second threshold—9. Nomads—10. The western roads to Kabul—Index.

Abstract: The twelfth-century minaret of Djam is one of Afghanistan's most celebrated treasures, a magnificent symbol of the powerful Ghorid Empire that once stretched from Iran to India. The second talles brick minaret in the world, Djam lies in the heart of central Afghanistan's wild Ghor Province.

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