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

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" Farghana Valley - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Levi, Scott C.

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061585
Doc. NO	:	ALei1982
Main Entry	:	Levi, Scott C.
Title & Author	:	Farghana Valley - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Levi, Scott C.
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(2,485 words)
Abstract	:	The Farghana (Farghāna) Valley , situated in the southeastern corner of present-day Uzbekistan and surrounded by the Tien Shan and Pamir mountain ranges, has been both a crossroads of civilisations and one of the most densely populated regions of Central Asia since ancient times. In the arid climate of Central Asia, the Farghana Valley offers fertile soil and an abundance of water, drawn primarily from the annual snowmelt that feeds the Narin, Qara Darya, and Syr Darya rivers and the hundreds of kilometres of canals that irrigate nearly every part
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1982.pdf