Full name: The Minaret of Djam: An Excursion in Afghanistan

Author: Freya Stark Year: 1971 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Travel, History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781848853133 1848853130

Freya Stark traveled the difficult and often dangerous journey from Kabul to Kandahar and Herat in search of one of Afghanistan?s most celebrated treasures, the Minaret of Djam. This magnificent symbol of the powerful Ghorid Empire that once stretched from Iran to India lies in the heart of central Afghanistan?s wild Ghor Province. Surrounded by over 6,000 foot high mountains and by the remains of what many believe to have been the lost city of Turquoise Mountain?one of the greatest cities of the Middle Ages?Djam is, even today, one of the most inaccessible and remote places in Afghanistan. When Freya Stark traveled there, few people in the world had ever laid eyes on it or managed to reach the desolate valley in which it lies. Similar books: The Southern Gates of Arabia by Freya Stark A Winter in Arabia by Freya Stark Ionia by Freya Stark The Lycian Shore by Freya Stark Reckless Traveler by Walter Rhein The Royal Road to Romance by Richard Halliburton How to Live In a Car, Van, or RV by Bob Wells Travels With Myself by Tahir Shah Weird California by Greg Bishop Running with the Moon by Jonny Bealby Trucking in English by Carolyn Steele One Man Caravan by Robert Edison Fulton, Jr. Walking the Americas by Levison Wood Travels: Collected Writings, 1950-1993 by Paul Bowles Last Places by Lawrence Millman In the Shadow of the Volcano by Maureen Klovers Nowhere Like Home by Jamie Alexander Quiet Corners of Paris by Jean-Christophe Napias Touching Tibet by Niema Ash If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It Isn't Big Enough by Kristine K. Stevens