The Minaret of Djam
Subtitle: An Excursion in Afghanistan
Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks
Published: November 23, 2010
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9781848853133
Subjects: Reference -- Writing -- Travel; Travel -- Asia -- Afghanistan; Travel -- Asia -- India; Travel -- Middle East
Description: 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.