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4954: 3338:"The activities of the Saffarid brothers on the Indian frontier attracted special attention in the Caliphate thanks to the care they took to send exotic presents from the plunder to the Abbasid court. Yaqub, for instance, at one time sent fifty gold and silver idols from Kabul to the caliph Al-Mutamid who dispatched them to Mecca. Another set of Idols lavishly decorated with jewels and silver, sent by him, Amr in 896 from Sakawand (a place in the Logar valley between Ghazni and Kabul which the sources describe as a pilgrimage centre dedicated to God Zhun), caused a sensation in Baghdad on account of their strangeness." 2662:) is so poor that no one can do it in a day. It is a miserable province. The river is a four- or five mill stream. The city of Ghazni and another four or five villages are watered by it, while another three or four others are irrigated by subterranean aqueducts. The grapes and melons of Ghazni are better than those of Kabul; the apples are also good and are taken to Hindustan (India). The agriculture is laborous because new soil must be brought in every year for whatever amount of land is planted. The yield, however, is better than that of Kabul. They plant madder, the best crop, all which is taken to Hindustan." 93: 4968: 36: 3355:"It is related that, Amru Lais conferred the governorship of Zabulistan on Fardghan and sent him there at the head of four thousand horses. There was a large place of worship of the God Zhun in the country, which was called Sakawand, and people used to come on pilgrimage to the Idols of that place. When Fardaghan arrived in Zabulistan he led his army against it, took the temples broke the idols in pieces, and overthrew the idolators. Some of the plunder he distributed among the troops, the rest he sent to Amru Lais." 3320:"It is related that, Amru Lais conferred the governorship of Zabulistan on Fardghan and sent him there at the head of four thousand horses. There was a large place of worship of the God Zhun in the country, which was called Sakawand, and people used to come on pilgrimage to the Idols of that place. When Fardaghan arrived in Zabulistan he led his army against it, took the temples broke the idols in pieces, and overthrew the idolators. Some of the plunder he distributed among the troops, the rest he sent to Amru Lais." 1068: 999: 5299: 988: 2754:: ϸαυο ζαοβλ αλχανο) translated as 'King of Zabul Alkhan'. This suggests Alkhan control of the Zabulistan region southwest of modern Kabul from an early time of Alkhan dominance in the region. Alkhan power, primarily based in the Kapisa and Gandhara valleys, was seldom concentrated with one king alone, as shown by the variety of Alkhan coins minted simultaneously in the different regions of the empire's control, which by 484 CE reached all the way to 2986: 3219: 2297: 2961:, but these had been little more than slave and plunder raids. There was a fierce resistance from the local rulers of these regions, above all from the line of Zunbils who ruled in Zamindavar and Zabulistan and who were probably epigoni of the southern Hepthalite or Chionite kingdom of Zabul; on more than one occasion, these Zunbils inflicted sharp defeats on the Muslims. The Zunbils were linked with the 4961: 2854:, and probably also Zabulistan, which is supported by a Sasanian administrative seal found there from the same period. Succeeding Sasanian control of Zabulistan by the end of the 6th-century, a new group of coins are struck with an š-mint (Zabul) brand and in a design reminiscent of both Alkhan and Nezak coinage, though ultimately missing the bull-headed crown of the Nezaks and struck with the Alkhan 2654:"Ghazni, in the third clime, is also known as Zabul. Zabulistan consists of this province, and some consider Kandahar to be in Zabulistan. Ghazni is fourteen leagues southwest of Kabul. Those who take the road leave Ghazni at daybreak and arrive in Kabul in the afternoon, whereas the thirteen league road between 3286:
They either offer gold, silver, and rare gems or present sheep, horses, and other domestic animals to the god in competition with each other to show their piety and sincerity. Therefore, gold and silver are scattered all over the ground, and sheep and horses fill up the valley. Nobody dares to covet
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Although they worship various gods, they respect the Triple Gem. There are several hundred monasteries with more than ten thousand monks, all of whom study Mahayana teachings. The reigning king is a man of pure faith who inherited a throne handed down through many generations. He has engaged himself
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valleys, thereby having to confront the Nezaks. Whether this encounter was mostly peaceful or hostile is currently unknown, but has been recorded in part among numismatic evidence, from Alkhan coins minted in Gandhara with the characteristic Nezak bull-headed crown over an otherwise typically Alkhan
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in circuit, both cities being strongly fortified in invulnerable positions. The mountains and valleys are rich in natural resources, and the cultivated farmlands, divided by ridges, are high and dry. Crops are sown in proper seasons. Winter wheat is abundant, and vegetation is luxuriant with profuse
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There was a large Hindu place of worship in that country, which was called Sakawand, and people used to come on pilgrimage from the most remote parts of Hindustan to the idols of that place. When Fardaghan arrived in Zabulistan he led bis army against it, took the temple, broke the idols in pieces,
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When Fardaghan arrived in Zabulistan, he led his army against Sakawand, a large Hindu place of worship in that country with a temple and many idols. He took the temple, broke the idols into pieces, and overthrew the idolaters. He informed Amr ibn Lais of the conquest and asked for reinforcements.
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them, for everyone is eager to make offerings to the god. To those who respect and serve the heretics and practice asceticism whole-heartedly, the god imparts magical incantations, of which the heretics make effective use in most cases; for the treatment of disease, they are quite efficacious.
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in performing meritorious deeds and is intelligent and studious. There are more than ten stupas built by king Asoka. Deva-temples number several tens, and the heretics, who are in the majority, live together. Their disciples are extremely numerous, and they worship the god Śuna.
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It is clear however that in the seventh to ninth centuries the Zunbils and their kinsmen the Kabulshahs ruled over a predominantly Indian rather than a Persianate realm. The Arab geographers, in effect, commonly speak of 'that king of al-Hind ... (who) bore the title of
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The first mentions of the word Zabul is from coinage of what's known as "the early anonymous clan-rulers". These were late fourth-century tribal chiefs and possibly former governors of the Sasanids from the north of the Hindu Kush, who following the course of the
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stamp (previously interpreted by Göbl as Napki MLK) on their coins, supposedly opened a mint in Ghazni (which's coins are identified by Göbl as the š-group of Nezak coinage) following 484 CE. Later, they managed to also consolidate their rule over
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Shahi struggles. Sebuk Tigin, however, defeated him, and he was forced to pay an indemnity. Jayapala defaulted on the payment and took to the battlefield once more. Jayapala, however, lost control of the entire region from Zabulistan to between the
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to its north-east and Kaikānān to its east. While the Chinese pilgrims never explored the south or west of the region, it is known from later Arabic accounts that Zabulistan at this time was bordered by Turan to its south and
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However, Jayapala's army was hopeless in battle against the Ghaznavid forces, particularly against the young Mahmud of Ghazni. In the year 1001, soon after Sultan Mahmud came to power and was occupied with the
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Shahis, with the change-over thought to have occurred sometime around 870 CE. The kingdom was known as the Kabul Shahan or Ratbelshahan from 565 CE to 670 CE, when the capitals were located in
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dynasty; the whole river valley was at this time culturally and religiously an outpost of the Indian world, as of course it had been in the earlier centuries during the heyday of the
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and overthrew the idolaters. Some of the plunder he distributed among the troops, the rest he sent to Amru Lais, informing him of the conquest, and asking for reinforcements.
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in 484 CE, and with Alkhan coinage expanding into the Indian subcontinent, numismatic evidence accounts for the consolidation of a new dynasty in Kapisa and Zabul. The
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When the news of the fall of Sakawand reached Kamalu, who was Rai of Hindustan, he collected an innumerable army and marched towards Zabulistan to- take revenge.
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Zabulistan is known to have been a place of various religious cults and practices, with Ghazni being an old stop on the silk and spice trade flowing between
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for the control over Zabulistan and the surrounding region. Jayapala saw a danger in the consolidation of the Ghaznavids and invaded their capital city of
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province of Ghazni. At this time, the region of Ghazni is described as bordering Kabul in its northeast, Zurmat to its east and Kandahar to its southwest.
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Jaypala of Waihind saw danger in the consolidation of the kingdom of Ghazni and decided to destroy it. He, therefore, invaded Ghazni, but was defeated
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etc. As a dry region among the Khorasan marches, famous for its fruits, good hunting grounds and fine pastures. The region is likewise described by
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The god Śuna is again mentioned in Islamic sources in the recounting of the Saffarid conquest of Zabulistan, in the Arabic rendering
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By the tenth century, Islamic sources mention Zabulistan as part of the Khorasan marches, a frontier region between
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long after their empire had collapsed, was that of expansion into eastern Afghanistan. The early Arab governors of
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in Central India. Northern Zabulistan is understood to have remained under nominal control of the Alkhan rulers of
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take their names from the historical region. Zabulistan has become popularized as the birthplace of the character
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in circuit; but the capital is sometimes located in the city of Hesaluo (Guzar), which is also over thirty
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design, to the overstriking of Nezak coins in the second half of the 6th century by the Alkhan ruler
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During the Medieval Islamic era, the region is continuously mentioned in geographical works such as
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The Hindu Sahis of Afghanistan and the Punjab, A.D. 865-1026: a phase of Islamic advance into India
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once more and upon suffering yet another defeat by the powerful Ghaznavid forces, near present-day
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and several dozen Hindu temples, which were demolished by Islamic invaders around 653/54 CE.
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rule (977–1186), "Zabul" became largely synonymous with the name of its capital and main city,
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in 484 CE, which facilitated the takeover of Zabulistan by the new independent ruler
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this area can be reckoned to belong to the cultural and political frontier zone between
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flowers and fruits. The soil is good for growing aromatic turmeric, and it produces the
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holds that the consonant resemblance between these two words look merely fortuitous.
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He goes on to describe the god as residing on top of a mountain in Zabul called the
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policy of significance for the spread of Islam in Afghanistan and on the borders of
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in the 7th century, then being controlled by a collection loose suzerains of the
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The region of southern Afghanistan was first invaded by Muslim Arabs from
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recorded numerous Buddhist stupas and monasteries supposedly built by
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The first mentions of the region coincides with its takeover by the
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who was the virtual ruler of the neighbouring Iranian province of
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The earliest detailed description of Zabulistan comes from the
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since ancient times, were known as "The Frontier of Al Hind".
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of the dynasty which became known as the Buddhist-Shahi. With
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The Kabul Shahis are generally split up into two eras: the
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in the early seventh century. He places the country of
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also made an account of Zabul (which he called by its
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The region was finally conquered and Islamized by the
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in the 4th century. Initially being conquered by the
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By 384/5 CE, they controlled 2362: 2319: 1023: 4230:The Geographical Part Of The Nuzhat-al-qulub 3174: 2566:(Jāguḍa) between the Great Snowy Mountains ( 4030:The Gupta Empire and India (320 AD – 750AD) 2858:, while the Nezak ā-coinage is retained in 2692:in the 5th century. The region fell to the 4365: 4351: 3815: 3066:in modern-day Afghanistan, Zabulistan and 3009:. Please do not remove this message until 2326: 2312: 1030: 1016: 4372: 4260: 4240: 4176:Ḥudūd al-ʿĀlam (The Regions of the World) 4162:Ḥudūd al-ʿĀlam (The Regions of the World) 4059:, Cambridge University Press, p. 3, 3608: 3467: 3029:Learn how and when to remove this message 2556:Great Tang Records on the Western Regions 16:Historical region in southern Afghanistan 4226: 4172: 4158: 4147: 3958: 3833: 3656: 3555: 3543: 3498: 3479: 3434: 3217: 3005:Relevant discussion may be found on the 4212:. 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At around the same period, the 2558:, written by the travelling monk 5298: 5297: 5127:Gonbadan Castle (Dez-i Gonbadan) 3998:Elliot, Sir Henry Miers (1953). 3682:The Shahi Afghanistan and Punjab 2984: 2866:The Rutbils and the Kabul Shahis 2467:) and southwestern Afghanistan ( 2295: 1066: 997: 987: 986: 91: 34: 4101:"Events Of The Year 910 (1525)" 3854: 3712: 3703: 3687: 3675: 3662: 3403: 3347:Sakawand was a major centre of 3084:Islamic conquest of Afghanistan 2542:in the Chinese transliteration 2465:Sistan and Baluchestan Province 4247:, Edinburgh University Press, 4056:The Cambridge history of Islam 4002:. Trübner and Co. p. 20. 3739:Holt, Lambton & Lewis 1977 2716: 1: 5136:Bahman Castle (Dezh-i Bahman) 4227:Mustawfi, Hamd-allah (1919), 4208:Morgenstierne, Georg (2003). 4148:Majumdar, R. C., ed. 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After the 3140: 3132:Kabul Valley 3100: 3088: 3040: 3025: 3016: 2994: 2940: 2936: 2921:and much of 2904: 2900: 2881: 2816: 2804:Hephthalites 2781: 2768:Hephthalites 2747: 2720: 2708: 2703: 2698:Hindu Shahis 2682:Iranian Huns 2679: 2653: 2621: 2609: 2605: 2600: 2596: 2588: 2586: 2583:to its west. 2563: 2553: 2543: 2535: 2529: 2512: 2508: 2504: 2487:Zābulistān ( 2486: 2454: 2437:province of 2432: 2413: 2403: 2378: 2367: 2358: 2354: 2350: 2338: 2337: 2264:LGBT history 2224:1979–present 2173:Pahlavi Iran 2136:Zand dynasty 2104:Safavid Iran 2067:Qara Qoyunlu 1957:Kurt dynasty 1797:Hasanwayhids 1597: 1575:Qarinvandids 1479:281 BC–62 BC 1469:312 BC–63 BC 1082: 951:List of wars 885: 800:(reinstated) 760:(reinstated) 133:2100–1800 BC 123:2200–1800 BC 18: 5339:Kabul Shahi 5174:Baysonghor 5150:Manuscripts 5000:Div-e Sepid 4995:Arzhang Div 4980:and animals 4481:Kay Lohrasp 4476:Kay Khosrow 4294:039104173-8 4020:18 December 3951:30 December 3877:19 December 3810:Elliot 1953 3795:Mishra 1972 3351:pilgrimage. 3312:and one at 3185:Tokharistan 3150:, Jayapala 3144:Qarakhanids 3136:Indus River 2963:Kabul-Shahs 2919:Baluchistan 2911:Kabul-Shahs 2878:Kabul Shahi 2840:Toramana II 2823:Yasodharman 2784:Tokharistan 2717:The Alkhans 2694:Turk Shahis 2688:, then the 2666:, 1504-6 CE 2534:), meaning 2428:Indus River 2424:Hamun Oasis 2383:Afghanistan 1947:Mihrabanids 1907:Hazaraspids 1667:Baduspanids 1545:Paratarajas 1539:19 AD–224/5 1057:History of 871:Kushanshahr 748:US invasion 483:Khwarezmids 333:Kabul Shahi 288:Alchon Huns 143:1500–535 BC 84:Afghanistan 82:History of 50:Afghanistan 5318:Categories 5193:of Rashida 5121:Structures 5094:Alborzkouh 5089:Mazandaran 5059:Zabulistan 4978:Creatures 4917:Kashvadian 4772:Gordafarid 4619:Esfandiyār 4491:Kay Bahman 4395:Pishdadian 4387:Characters 4078:Keay, John 4041:4 February 3391:Zamindawar 3310:Zamindawar 3164:Anandapala 3148:Hindu Kush 3115:Sebuktigin 3107:Ghaznavids 2996:neutrality 2819:Mihrakulas 2795:Nezak Shah 2778:The Nezaks 2772:Nezak Shah 2740:Khingila I 2711:Ghaznavids 2564:Tsau-kü-ta 2544:Tsau-kü-ta 2517:Zamindawar 2361:or simply 2359:Zāwulistān 2355:Zābolistān 2351:Zābulistān 2339:Zabulistan 2163:Qajar Iran 2077:Aq Qoyunlu 2061:1370s–1592 1897:Salghurids 1877:Eldiguzids 1847:Shabankara 1821:990/1–1117 1565:Zarmihrids 1485:Fratarakas 1439:Atropatene 1377:652–625 BC 1367:678–550 BC 886:Zabulistan 861:Kafiristan 856:Kabulistan 678:Daoud coup 513:Qarlughids 453:Ghaznavids 363:Tang China 308:Nezak Huns 233:155–80? 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Index

Map of Zabulistan, 7th-10th-century
Afghanistan
Ghazni
a series
History of Afghanistan

Timeline
Ancient
Indus Valley civilisation
Oxus civilization
Gandhara kingdom
Median Empire
Achaemenid Empire
Macedonian Empire
Seleucid Empire
Maurya Empire
Greco-Bactrian kingdom
Parthian Empire
Indo-Greek kingdom
Indo-Scythian kingdom
Kushan Empire
Indo-Parthian kingdom
Sasanian Empire
Kidarite kingdom
Rob
Alchon Huns
Hephthalite Empire
Nezak Huns
Kabul Shahi
Principality of Chaghaniyan

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