Guzgan (Persian: گوزگان, also known as Gozgan, Guzganan or Quzghan) was a historical region and early medieval principality in what is now northern Afghanistan...

appointed by his father as the governor of Guzgan, thus putting an end to the native Farighunid dynasty of Guzgan. In 1030, Mahmud, because of his bad relations...

crown from Ismail. Ismail spent the rest of his life confined to a fort in Guzgan. The reason behind Sabuktigin's choice to appoint Ismail as heir over the...

The Farighunids were an Iranian dynasty that ruled Guzgan (modern-day northern Afghanistan) in the late 9th, 10th and early 11th centuries. They were ultimately...

region Tamilakam Western Ghats Eastern Ghats Ganges Basin Ganges Delta Guzgan Pashtunistan Punjab Balochistan Gedrosia Makran Marathwada Kashmir Kashmir...

Zurara al-Qushayri, was killed. After the battle, Yahya moved to Herat and Guzgan, the numbers of his followers rising to 150 along the way, but still far...

and thereafter proceeded to conquer Zamindawar, Badghis, Gharchistan, and Guzgan. He spared Fakhr al-Din and restored him as the ruler of Bamiyan. Fakhr...

(d.1070), (ابو عبيد جوزجانی) was a Persian physician and chronicler from Guzgan. He was the famous pupil of Avicenna, whom he first met in Gorgan. He spent...

Kapisa-Gandhara, Khuttal, Chaghaniyan, Shignan, Shuman, Badhgis, Wakhan, Guzgan, Bamiyan, Kobadiyan and Badakhshan. The areas of Khuttal and Kapisa-Gandhara...

Turks were Hepthalites, probably from Guzgan, which may explain the reason behind the Arabs next attacking Guzgan, Faryab and Talqan. Al-Mada'ini specifically...