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Balkh

Balkh is a city in northern Afghanistan, with an estimated population of 148,972 people. It is the second largest city of Balkh Province and is within the jurisdiction of Balkh District. Balkh is located approximately 24 km (15 mi) to the northwest of Mazar-i-Sharif and approximately 74 km (46 mi) to the south of the Amu Darya or the…

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Climate
BSk
Country
Afghanistan
District
Balkh
ISO 3166 code
AF-BAL
Province
Balkh
Time zone
UTC+04:30 (Afghanistan Time)

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Edges291
Triples418
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006849
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related to 16th to 19th centuries · 42
Balkh → Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan, Afghan Conquest, Afghanistan, After, Amu Darya, Aurangzeb, Babur, Badakhshan Subah, Bukhara, But, By, Charles Yate, During, Emirate, In, Jahan, Kabul, Kabul's, Kabul's Dost Mohammad Khan
related to Poets · 36
Balkh → Abu Ali Balkhi, Abu Mansur Muhammad Ibn, Abu-Shakur Balkhi, Abul Moayyad Balkhi, Afghan-Persian, Ahmad Daqiqi, Amir Khusraw, Amir Saifuddin, Anvari, Author, Biruni, Contemporary Afghan, Dawlat Shah Samarkandi, Dehlavi, Din Rūmī Balkhi, Din Vatvat, Fasihuddin Balkhi, Ghaznavid, Ghaznavids, India
related to Judaism · 34
Balkh → According, Additionally, Arab, Assyrian, Babylonian, Balkh's Jewish, BCE, Bāb, Egyptian, Ezekiel, Ezekiel's Tomb, Gate, Ghaznavid Empire, Ghazni, Iraq, Israel, Israelite, Israelites, Jeremiah, Jewish
related to Etymology · 33
Balkh → Ancient Greek, Armenian Bahl, Avesta, Avestan, Bactra, Bactrian, Bakhl, Bakhlo, Bakhtri, Baktra, Baktros, Balhika, Balkh River, Baxl, Bāxli, Bāxtri, Bāxẟi, Dar Pers, From, Greek
related to External links · 30
Balkh → AD Archived, Afghanistan, Architecture, Archived, ArchNet, Art, Cambridge, Cultural Heritage Project, Culture, Explore Balkh, German, Global Heritage NetworkIndigenous Indian, Google Earth, Islamic Cooperation, Islamic Cultural Heritage Database, Islamic History, Istanbul, June, Massachusetts, MIT School
related to Zoroastrianism and Buddhism · 29
Balkh → According, Bahalika, Bahlika, Balhika, Buddha, Buddha's, Buddhism, Buddhist, Buddhists, CE, Chinese, Faxian, Gandhara, Hinayana Buddhism, Hunnish, Indian, Kashgar, Kucha, Later, Osh
related to Religious figures · 27
Balkh → Adham Balkhi, Avicenna, Baha, Balkhi, BalkhMawlānā Jalal, Bengal, Biblical, Bukharan Jewish, Din Rūmī Balkhi, Din Walad, Hiwi, Husayn, Islam, Ismaili, Jaysh, Khatibi, MuhaddithShahid Balkhi, Muslim, Persian, Qur'anIbrahim
related to Arab conquests and Islamization · 25
Balkh → AD, Ahnaf, Arab, Arabs, At, Attracted, Caliphate, CE, In, Islam, Islamic, Laith, Later, Persia, Persian, Prof, Rashidun Caliph, Saffar, The Arab, Umar
related to history · 23
Balkh → Achaemenid, Amu Darya, Another, Bala Hissar, BC, Chinese, Early Iron Age, French, Greek, However, Iranic, Johanna Lhullier, Julio Bendezu-Sarmiento, Mahabharata, Northern Fortification Wall, Oxus, Tepe Zargaran, The, They, Valhika
related to Scientists · 21
Balkh → Abbasid, Abd Allah, Abdullah, Abu Ali, Abu Ma'shar, Abu Zayd, Al-Isfizari, Ali, Avicenna, Baghdad, Balkhi, Bukhari, Fārs-Nāma, Husayn, Ibn Balkhi, Ilaqi, Iranian, Khorasani, Persian, Sina

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persian city poet also century one afghanistan ancient buddhist ibn balkhi town known arab needed captured buddhism arabs conquest first

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BalkhClimateBSk1.00infobox
BalkhCountryAfghanistan1.00infobox
BalkhDistrictBalkh1.00infobox
BalkhISO 3166 codeAF-BAL1.00infobox
BalkhProvinceBalkh1.00infobox
BalkhTime zoneUTC+04:30 (Afghanistan Time)1.00infobox
Balkh• City148,9721.00infobox
Balkh• MayorMaulvi Mohammad Qasim Fazal Subhan1.00infobox
Balkh• Rural128,7241.00infobox
Balkh• TypeMunicipality1.00infobox
Balkh• Urban20,2481.00infobox
Balkhis acity in northern Afghanistan0.90text
Balkhis acentre of the cotton industry0.90text

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