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    Afrasiab (Persian: افراسياب afrāsiyāb; Avestan: Fraŋrasyan; Middle-Persian: Frāsiyāv, Frāsiyāk) is the name of the mythical king and hero of Turan. He...
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  • Afrasiab Kola (Persian: افراسياب كلا) may refer to: Afrasiab Kola, Babol Afrasiab Kola, Nur This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical...
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    The Afrasiab murals, also called the Paintings of the Ambassadors, is a rare example of Sogdian art. It was discovered in 1965 when the local authorities...
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    Afrasiab Museum of Samarkand (Uzbek: Afrosiyob-Samarqand shahar tarixi muzeyi) is a museum located at the historical site of Afrasiyab, one of the largest...
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  • Afrasiab Khattak (Pashto: افراسیاب خټک; Urdu: افراسياب خٹک) is a Pakistani socialist politician and political analyst who is a senior leader of the National...
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    Afrasiab Mehdi Hashmi (Urdu: افراسیاب مہدی ہاشمی) is a Pakistani diplomat and author. He served as Pakistan's High Commissioner to Bangladesh from 2011...
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  • Look up Afrasiab in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Afrasiyab, Afrasiab, Afrosiyab, or Afrosiyob may refer to: Afrasiyab (Samarkand), an ancient site...
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    David Afrasiab Assad Bakhtiari (born September 30, 1991) is an American professional football offensive tackle who is a free agent. Selected by the Green...
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  • Afrasiab Kola (Persian: افراسياب كلا, also Romanized as Afrāsīāb Kolā) is a village in Natel Kenar-e Olya Rural District, in the Central District of Nur...
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    Khanaum Mosque. Excavations uncovered the now famous Afrasiab frescoes exposed in the Afrasiab Museum of Samarkand, located next to the archaeological...
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    Kegan Paul. pp. 747–753. ISBN 90-04-08114-3. Bosworth, C. E. (1984). "Āl-e Afrāsīāb". Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, Vol. I, Fasc. 7. New York. pp. 742–743...
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    in the 7th century CE. He succeeded King Shishpin. He is known from the Afrasiab murals of Afrasiyab in Samarkand, where he is seen being visited by embassies...
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    is ruled over by the evil and egotistical King Afrasiab. In the garden, he meets Manijeh, Afrasiab's beautiful daughter. They fall madly in love; however...
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    by his maternal grandfather Afrasiab. Kay Khosrow was trained as a child in the desert by Piran, the wise vizier of Afrasiab. His paternal grandfather was...
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  • Afrasiab (Persian: افراسياب, also Romanized as Afrāsīāb, Afrāseyāb, and Afrāsiyāb) is a village in Hoseynabad-e Shomali Rural District, Saral District...
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  • Afrasiab or Afrasiabi may refer to: Name of the mythical King Afrasiab, hero of Turan and an enemy of Iran Kaveh L. Afrasiabi, a political scientist and...
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  • poem Shāhnāmeh by Ferdowsi, including both heroes and villains : Arash Afrasiab Abteen Arnavaz Armin Arman Babak Bārbad Bizhan Bahram Bahman Borzou Bijan...
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  • within the earth (named the hankana in Avestan, hang-e-Afrasiab in middle Persian) where Afrasiab has his "metal-encircled" kingdom that is immune to mortal...
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  • delegates appear together with Chinese envoys in the 7th century CE murals of Afrasiab in Samarkand. The Chinese delegates (left in the mural) form an embassy...
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    archaeological chess artifacts – ivory pieces – were excavated in ancient Afrasiab, today's Samarkand, in Uzbekistan, Central Asia, and date to about 760...
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  • Afrasiab Khan castle (Persian: قلعه افراسیاب خان) is a historical castle located in Arsanjan County in Fars Province, The longevity of this fortress dates...
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  • Afrasiabids (Persian: آل افراسیاب, romanized: Āl-i Afrāsiyāb, lit. 'House of Afrasiab'), was a Karluk Turkic khanate that ruled Central Asia from the 9th to...
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  • Afrasiab Kola (Persian: افراسياب كلا, also Romanized as Afrāsīāb Kolā) is a village in Khvosh Rud Rural District, Bandpey-ye Gharbi District, Babol County...
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    Turan and seeks asylum under the rule of the region's tyrannical king Afrasiab, who has fostered hostilities with Kāvus for many years. There, he marries...
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    Khosrow, the son of Afrasiab, and became the Kinik tribe of the Turkmens." The Seljuks counted their fathers and stopped at Afrasiab after 35 generations...
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    Decorated niche from the Abbasid mosque of Afrasiab, Samarkand in Sogdia, 750–825 CE....
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    during an audience with King Varkhuman of Samarkand. They are identified by the two feathers on top of their head. 648–651 AD, Afrasiab murals, Samarkand....
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    Bushra Gohar Fahmida Mirza Iftikhar Ahmad Naseerullah Babar Ehsan Wyne Afrasiab Khattak Ajmal Khattak Asfandyar Wali Shehla Raza Yousaf Raza Gillani Farooq...
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    opened his mouth. — Inscription on an ambassador's robe, Afrasiab murals. The paintings of Afrasiab in Samarkand date back to the middle of the 7th century...
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    to the Aniranian General Afrasiab, who kills Nowzar in battle. Kay Kawad then led the Iranian forces in battle and Afrasiab's army was routed after Rustam...
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