Thus Balkh now passed to them.
Finally, the Seljuks(Turks) conquered Balkh in 1059.
Balkh was regarded as the place where Zoroaster
Balkh is considered to be the first city
however, Balkh had provided an outpost of resistance
who describes Balkh as built of clay,
The famed Jewish exegete Hiwi al-Balkhi was from Balkh.
Marco Polo described Balkh as a"noble and great city.
The Balkh Legends(Pashto: د بلخ اتلان Da Balkh Atalān;
Several revolts were made against the Arab rule in Balkh.
Dynasty of the Parthian Empire established its capital in Balkh.
Nevertheless, Balkh was ruled by the Mughal Empire from 1641
In 1506 Uzbeks entered Balkh under the command of Muhammad Shaybani.
Babur ruled Balkh between 1511 and 1512 as vassals of Safavids.
city yet older than those on which stands the modern Balkh.
captured Balkh, and from that time it remained under Afghan rule.
Babur ruled Balkh between 1511 and 1512 as vassal of the Safavids.
The ancient city of Balkh was known to the Ancient Greeks as Bactra,
The Jewish community in Balkh was reported as late as the nineteenth century
Samanid rule in Balkh lasted until 997,
when their former subordinates, the Ghaznavids, captured it.
When Xuanzang visited Balkh in 630 it was a flourishing center of Hinayana Buddhism.
Xuanzang visited Balkh in 630 when it was a flourishing centre of Hinayana Buddhism.
Babur ruled Balkh between 1511 and 1512 as a vassal of the Persian Safavids.
Khalid was the son of the chief priest( Barmak) of a Buddhist monastery in Balkh.
Armenian sources state that the Arsacid
Dynasty of the Parthian Empire established its capital in Balkh.
was widely practised by the Hunnish rulers of Balkh, who descended from Indian royal stock.
A Bāb al-Yahūd(Gate of Jews) and al-Yahūdiyya(Jewish town) in Balkh is attested to by Arab geographers.
Muslim tradition stated that the prophet Jeremiah fled to Balkh and that Ezekiel was buried there.
Balkh town is well-known to Buddhist countries
because of two great Buddhist monks of Afghanistan- Trapusa and Bahalika.
The ancient city of Balkh was known to the Ancient Greeks as Bactra,
giving its name to Bactria.