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Balkh

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Anciently called Bactria, a district of Afghan Turkestan lying between the Oxus and the Hindu-Kush, 250 m. long and 120 m. broad, with a capital of the same name, reduced now to a village; birthplace of Zoroaster.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Balkh'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​b/balkh.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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