Balkh [a] is a town in the Balkh Province of Afghanistan. It is located approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) ... Qutayba ibn Muslim al-Bahili, an Arab General was Governor of Khurasan and the east from 705 to 715. He established a firm hold over lands beyond the Oxus for the Arabs.

Initially, the Khorasan division of the Sasanian Empire covered the northeastern military gains of the empire, at its height including cities such as Nishapur, Herat, Merv, Faryab, Taloqan, Balkh, Bukhara, Badghis, Abiward, Gharjistan, Tus and Sarakhs.

BALKH, town in northern Afghanistan (within medieval Khurasan). Balkh was formerly the stronghold of Jewish settlements in Afghanistan. According to Persian and Muslim traditions, it was founded after the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar (586 B.C.E.), who is said to have settled the exiled Jews there.

Balkh was the hometown of the well-known philosopher and scientist Ibn Sina (b. 370 AH / 980 CE) as well as of the distinguished Persian poet and the author of the epic Persian poem Shahnama (Book of Kings), al-Ferdowsi (b. 328 AH / 940 CE). Nasir-i Khusraw was also born in Balkh in 394 AH / 1004 CE.

The article describes the Fada'il-i Balkh—a thirteenth-century local history of Balkh, in eastern Khurasan— and sets its historiographical elements within the wider context of Islamic historiography through a source critical study.

Abū Maʿshar was a native of Balkh, a town in the Balkh province of Afghanistan, approximately 74 kilometres (46 mi) to the south of the Amu Darya, one of the main bases of support of the Abbasid revolt in the early 8th century.

Khurasan (North-western Iran and Afghanistan). The history of the Islamic Empire was much determined by the region of Khurasan, with its capitals Nishapur, Marw and Balkh. Among the samples of provinces Khurasan saw a lot of research (Daniel 1979; Paul 1996).

The article describes the Fada'il-i Balkh—a thirteenth-century local history of Balkh, in eastern Khurasan— and sets its historiographical elements within the wider context of Islamic historiography through a source critical study.

The article describes the Fada'il-i Balkh—a thirteenth-century local history of Balkh, in eastern Khurasan— and sets its historiographical elements within the wider context of Islamic historiography through a source critical study.

The article describes the Fadâ'il-i Balkh—a thirteenth-century local history of Balkh, in eastern Khurasan— and sets its historiographical elements within the wider context of Islamic historiography through a source