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Balkh

بلخ
A mosque in Balkh
A mosque in Balkh
Balkh is located in Afghanistan
Balkh
Balkh
Location in Afghanistan
Country  Afghanistan
Province Balkh Province
Elevation
1,198 ft (365 m)
Population
 (2006)
 • City
77,000
Time zone + 4.30

Balkh (Persian: بلخ) is a city in Balkh Province of Afghanistan. It was a big city hundreds of years ago, but it was ruined by Mongols. It was not ruined forever, though. In 1850 it was captured by Dost Mohammad Khan.

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  • BactriaMap

    Map showing Balkh (here indicated as Bactres), the capital of Bactria during the Hellenistic Age

  • 王会图 白題國

    Ambassador from Balkh (白題國 Baitiguo) to the Tang dynasty, Wanghuitu (王會圖), circa 650 CE.

  • Tapussa and Bhallika

    Trapusa and Bahalika, two merchants from Balkh, offering food to the Buddha. Modern Burmese depiction.

  • Silver Dirham

    A silver dirham of the Umayyad Caliphate, minted at Balkh al-Baida in AH 111 (=729/30 AD).

  • Balkh mosque from afar

    The Green Mosque of Balkh

  • Balkh street

    A street in Balkh with several horse carts, c. 1970s

  • BhalkCapital

    Remains of a Hellenistic capital found in Balkh

See also

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