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Bookmark or Share- Balkh | Afghanistan, Map, History, & Facts | BritannicaBalkh, village in northern Afghanistan that was formerly Bactra, the capital of ancient Bactria. It lies 14 miles (22 km) west of the city of Mazār-e Sharīf and is situated along the Balkh River.
- Balkh - Program for Culture and Conflict StudiesBalkh is ethnically diverse, including substantial Tajik, Hazara, Pashtuns, Arab, Uzbek, Turkomen, and Sunni Hazara (Kawshi) communities. The current governor, Ustad Atta Noor Mohammad, is a Tajik with a concentrated political power-base in Balkh and served as the provincial head since 2004.
- Balkh | Silk Roads Programme - UNESCOBalkh is an ancient city, with a 2500-year long history, situated on the plain between the Hindu Kush Mountains and the river Amu Darya (historically known as the Oxus) in the north of Afghanistan. Known by Arab conquerors as Umm-al-belad, the ‘mother of cities’, Balkh lay on the major Silk Road routes that ran between east and west. The ...
- Silk Road Seattle - Balkh - UW Departments Web ServerBalkh sits on an alluvial fan built up by the Balkab river, well suited to irrigation. The region called Bactria in ancient times was renowned for its grapes, oranges, water lilies and later sugar cane, and an excellent breed of camels too; to this day, some of the world’s most luscious melons come from nearby Kunduz.
- Silk Road jewel reveals more of its treasures - BBC NewsBalkh province in northern Afghanistan is home to some of the most significant historical sites in the world. Lynne O'Donnell travelled with a group of archaeologists trying to uncover more of...
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