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    Bamyan (redirect from Bamiyan Valley)
    Bamyan (Dari: بامیان), also spelled Bamiyan or Bamian, is the capital of Bamyan Province in central Afghanistan. Its population of approximately 70,000...
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    of Bamiyan (Pashto: د باميانو بودايي پژۍ, Dari: تندیس‌های بودا در بامیان) were two possibly 6th-century monumental Buddhist statues in the Bamiyan Valley...
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  • Bamiyan may refer to: Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan Bamiyan, the capital of Bamiyan Province The Buddhas of Bamyan, ancient gigantic statues, now destroyed...
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    Bamyan Province, also spelled Bamiyan, Bāmīān or Bāmyān (Persian: ولایت بامیان), is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan with the city of Bamyan...
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  • On 17 May 2024, a group of foreign tourists were attacked by gunmen at a market in Bamyan Province in central Afghanistan, according to government and...
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    created c. 650 AD in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Bamiyan is an historic settlement along the Silk Road and is famous for the Bamiyan Buddhas, a series of giant...
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  • After Nishapur's fall, Herat surrendered without a fight and was spared. Bamiyan in the Hindu Kush was another scene of carnage, where stiff resistance...
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    prominent in the area of Bamiyan. The Chinese Buddhist monk Xuanzang visited a Lokottaravāda monastery in the 7th century CE, at Bamiyan, Afghanistan, and this...
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  • Harthamah Shar Bamiyan (Arabic: هرثمة شارباميان) was a ninth century personage and provincial governor for the Abbasid Caliphate. Shar Bamiyan was related...
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  • Do Ab (also spelt Do Abe and Do ab-E Mikh-E Zarrin) is a village in Bamiyan Province in central Afghanistan. It is located in a pass in a mountainous...
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  • employment; and the destruction of cultural monuments, including the Buddhas of Bamiyan, which Omar personally ordered. After al-Qaeda, which had been given sanctuary...
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    significant center of Hinduism, and later Buddhism, with sites such as the Bamiyan Buddhas. The range and communities settled in it hosted ancient monasteries...
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    Bamiyan. Sun-God Surya on his chariot Probable King of Bamiyan, in Sasanian style, in the niche of the 38 meters Buddha, next to the Sun God, Bamiyan...
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    Iran was holding Pakistan responsible for what it termed war crimes at Bamiyan. Pakistan has denied that accusation and previous allegations of direct...
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  • The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan is a 2004 documentary film, directed by British film maker Phil Grabsky and released on 6 March 2004 in USA...
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    to destroy the Bamiyan Buddha. In fact, some foreigners came to me and said they would like to conduct the repair work of the Bamiyan Buddha that had...
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  • Church of the East Mar Aba I circa 550 CE. Buddhas of Bamiyan The complex of the Buddhas of Bamiyan was developed under Hephthalite rule. After the dissolution...
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    (130–100 BCE) Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius (175 CE) Buddhas of Bamiyan (507–554 CE) Chartes Cathedral (c. 1194–1250 CE) The Golden Virgin Jules...
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  • kingdom; he managed to conquer Garchistan, Tukharistan, Zamindawar, Bust, Bamiyan and other parts of Khurasan. Ala al-Din died in 1161, and was succeeded...
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  • Bamyan (Persian: بامیان) is a district of Bamyan province in Afghanistan. In 2003, the population was put at 70,028, of which the majority group is Hazaras...
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  • including the Minaret of Jam, the Dome of Chist-e-Sharif and the Buddhas of Bamiyan, which were destroyed by the Taliban. Afghanistan is particularly hazardous...
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    ISBN 978-986-81419-8-8. Retrieved 24 August 2013. Ghafour, Hamida (2004-07-22). "Bamiyan heals wounds left by the Taliban with a march for democracy". Telegraph...
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  • بیگ) was an independent Tajik warlord of Bamiyan province. Specifically in the district of Saighan and Bamiyan. He was known for his Slave-trade and harsh...
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  • This is a list of the governors of the province of Bamyan, Afghanistan. List of current governors of Afghanistan فعالیت های آمریت تربیت بدنی و ورزش بامیان...
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  • (Persian: فخر الدین مسعود), was the first ruler of the Ghurid branch of Bamiyan, ruling from 1152 to 1163. Fakhr al-Din Masud was the son of Izz al-Din...
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  • during the year. The obliteration of the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan also known as the "Bamiyan Massacre" is arguably the most devastating act by the Taliban...
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    Sampul tapestry Sogdian Daēnās Oxus Treasure Bimaran Casket Buddhas of Bamiyan Kabul hoard Aramaic Inscription of Laghman Kandahar Aramaic inscription...
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    included significant ethnic persecution and the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan. After the US-led invasion in 2001, the Taliban were ousted from power...
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    in the court of his uncle Fakhruddin Masud who held the principality of Bamiyan as vassal of their uncle Alauddin Husayn. Later, Fakhr al-Din Masud laid...
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    Engraving of the Buddhas of Bamiyan, as Burnes saw them during his visit to Bamiyan in 1832; they have since been destroyed....
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