Seistan: A Memoir on the History, Topography, Ruins, and People of the Country, in Four Parts, Volume 1Superintendent government printing, 1910 - Sistan (Iran and Afghanistan) |
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... fortress of Zabul as deputy for Za !; and when the invaders reached the Hir- mend , the former tried to delude the enemy by means of a message to the commander , stating that he was neither Zabuli nor Irani , but of the race of Zuhak ...
... fortress of Zabul as deputy for Za !; and when the invaders reached the Hir- mend , the former tried to delude the enemy by means of a message to the commander , stating that he was neither Zabuli nor Irani , but of the race of Zuhak ...
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... fortress , a place of very great strength in its day , which was called the Shahristan of Queen Belkis . The walls rest upon an outcrop of rock which rises to the height of a yard or so above the surface of the soil . Around the fort ...
... fortress , a place of very great strength in its day , which was called the Shahristan of Queen Belkis . The walls rest upon an outcrop of rock which rises to the height of a yard or so above the surface of the soil . Around the fort ...
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... fortress and another which crowned a height called Mozaffar Koh . The latter was however a modern work as its foundation was attributed to Alb - i - Ghazi 1 ; whereas the Fort of Queen Belkis dated from prehistoric times . According to ...
... fortress and another which crowned a height called Mozaffar Koh . The latter was however a modern work as its foundation was attributed to Alb - i - Ghazi 1 ; whereas the Fort of Queen Belkis dated from prehistoric times . According to ...
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... fortress " either of these may have been the Shahristan - i - Belkis . Farah is also one of the ancient sites of Khurassan . The author from whose work the description of Sabzawär is taken mentions it as such . He also alludes to its ...
... fortress " either of these may have been the Shahristan - i - Belkis . Farah is also one of the ancient sites of Khurassan . The author from whose work the description of Sabzawär is taken mentions it as such . He also alludes to its ...
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... fortress of Sar - o - Tar was abandoned once 1,702 years ago . This will be referred to again in the archa ological chapter , where other dates will be dealt with . to the late Sir Henry Rawlinson ) of the three THE HISTORY OF SEISTAN . 7.
... fortress of Sar - o - Tar was abandoned once 1,702 years ago . This will be referred to again in the archa ological chapter , where other dates will be dealt with . to the late Sir Henry Rawlinson ) of the three THE HISTORY OF SEISTAN . 7.
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alluvial soil Amir ancient Arabs baked bricks Balkh banks basin buildings built called canal capital century Chakansur channel Chief Chigini Chingiz Khan citadel clay cliffs course cultivation dasht débris descendants desert district dynasty east exist Farah Rud farsakhs Fath Ali Khan feet floods formed fortress gate Gheiath-ud-din ground Hamun Helmand Herat Husen Ilkhan inhabitants irrigated Istakhri Jallal-ud-din Juwein Kaiani Kala-i-Fath Kandahar karez Khalaf Khariji Khash Khurassan Kirman Kundarak lands latter Malik Hamza Malik Kutb-ud-din Malik Mahmud Malik Shah Malik Shams-ud-din miles minaret Mirza Moghols mound Muhammad Nad Ali Nadir Nial Tigin Nikudaris Nishapur northern delta Oxus palace period Persian plateau present Prince of Seistan probably remains river Rud-i-Biyaban ruins ruler Rustam Sabzawar sand Sar-o-Tar Seistan Shah Shahristan Shela southern Sultan Tahir Taj-ud-din tamarisk Timur took tower town traces tract Trakun tribes troops walls weir Zahidān Zaranj Zarkan Ziarat