Bādghīs - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Bādghīs - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Paul, Jürgen

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061085
Doc. NO	:	ALei1482
Main Entry	:	Paul, Jürgen
Title & Author	:	Bādghīs - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Paul, Jürgen
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(378 words)
Abstract	:	Bādghīs (or Bādhgīs) is a mountainous region in eastern Khurāsān, north of Herat. It is also the name of an Afghan province, the administrative centre of which is Qalʿa-yi naw. In 2005 the province's population was approximately 420,000, consisting of a Tajik majority (more than 60 percent) with Pashtu, Uzbek, and Turkmen minorities. The province has a total area of 20,591 square kilometres. Bādghīs is marked by high mountains (reaching more than 5,000 metres in the east), but its landscape consists mostly of rolling hills
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1482.pdf