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Ghazni
Ghazni , city (1981 est. pop. 31,200), capital of Ghazni prov., E central Afghanistan, on the Ghazni River. Located on the Kabul-Kandahar trade route, Ghazni is a market for sheep, wool, camel hair cloth, corn, and fruit. The famed Afghan sheepskin coats are made in the city. Most of the inhabitants are Tajiks. The city, named Ghazna in ancient times, was flourishing by the 7th cent. but reached its peak (962–c.1155) under the Turkish Ghaznavid dynasty. Mahmud of Ghazna built a magnificent mosque, the Celestial Bride, there. The kings of Ghor sacked Ghazni in 1149 but later (1173) made it their secondary capital. Ogotai, a son of Jenghiz Khan, completed its downfall in 1221; Mahmud's tomb and two high columns outside the city escaped destruction. In 1747 the city became part of the new kingdom of Afghanistan. Ghazni's strong fortress was taken by the British in 1839 and 1842 during the Afghan Wars. The main city on the Kabul-Kandahar highway, it became a strategic military target during the Afghanistan War . The walled, old city of Ghazni, with its numerous bazaars, contains the ruins of ancient Ghazna. |
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Ghazni
Ghazni, Afghanistan Alexandria (of the Paropanisades), Ghazna Named originally after Alexander III the Great† c.330 bc, the present name comes from the Dari (the dialect of Persian spoken in Afghanistan) ganj ‘treasure’. Refounded in the 9th century by Yakub, the Emir of Sistan, it was the capital of the huge Ghaznavid Empire between 977 and 1140.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Ghazni." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Ghazni." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Ghazni.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Ghazni." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Ghazni.html |
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