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Ghor

  • Central Afghanistan

    Ghor

    High mountain country at the western end of the Hindu Kush, cradle of the Ghurid sultans and home of the Minaret of Jam.

  • Islamic periods

    7th–13th century

    Islamic periods

    Ghaznavid and Ghurid dynasties build courts of learning; the Minaret of Jam rises in a remote river valley.

  • Ghor Province

    Minaret of Jam

    A 12th-century brick minaret rising 65 metres from a remote river gorge — a World Heritage site.