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050			_aDS352. _bS73 2010
100	1		_aStark, Freya.
245	1	0	_aThe minaret of Djam : _ban excursion in Afghanistan / _cFreya Stark.
260			_aLondon : _bTauris Parke Paperbacks, _c2010.
300			_axi, 147 p. : _bill, map ; _c20 cm.
490	1	0	_a(Freya Stark collection)
504			_6Includes bibliographical references.
505			_aContents: List of illustrations—Author’s note—1. Four roads—2. Enhancements of life—3. Sheep—4. Heroism and tradition—5. Landscape in Asia—6. The Herat wind—7. The minaret—8. The second threshold—9. Nomads—10. The western roads to Kabul—Index.
520			_aAbstract: 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.
651		0	_aAfghanistan _v Description and travel.
651		0	_aStark, Freya _v Travel _z Afghanistan.
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