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"Today, Jalalabad and Herat in Afghanistan, Fallujah and Mosul in Iraq or Homs and Aleppo in Syria seem synonymous with religious fundamentalism and sectarian violence. The present has washed away the past: gone are the days when the name of Kabul conjured up images of the gardens planted and tended by the great Bābur, founder of the Mughal Empire in India. "
— Dec 23, 2022 03:45AM
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"In the late nineteenth century, this sprawling web of connections was given a name by an eminent German geologist, Ferdinand von Richthofen (uncle of the First World War flying ace the ‘Red Baron’) that has stuck ever since: ‘Seidenstraßen’ – the Silk Roads."
— Dec 23, 2022 03:43AM
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The Bagh-i-Wafa (‘Garden of Fidelity’) included a pool surrounded by orange and pomegranate trees and a clover meadow – of which Bābur was extremely proud: ‘This is the best part of the garden, a most beautiful sight when the oranges take colour. Truly that garden is admirably situated.
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