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Badakhshan

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Badakhshan is a place in the high mountains.

Badakhshan.svg
Badakhshan.svg
It sits in many lands. Part of it is in China. Some is in Tajikistan. Some is in Afghanistan. Long ago, people found bright blue stones there. They were very pretty.
Badakshan patera Triumph of Bacchus.jpg
Badakshan patera Triumph of Bacchus.jpg
Do you like blue stones?

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File:Badakhshan.svg
Badakhshan.svg
File:Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in Tajikistan.svg
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in...
File:Badakhshan in Afghanistan.svg
Badakhshan in Afghanistan.svg
File:Badakshan patera Triumph of Bacchus.jpg
Badakshan patera Triumph of Bacchus.jpg
File:Mirza Sulayman, besieging Kabul in 1556-1557.jpg
Mirza Sulayman, besieging Kabul in 1556-1557.jpg
File:Mirza Shah Rukh (d. 1607-8) ruler of Badakhshan. Emperor Akbar's distantly related Timurid cousin, married Akbar's daughter, Shakr al-Nisa Begum. Was forced to flee to the Mughal Empire, and was made governor of Malwa.jpg
Mirza Shah Rukh (d. 1607-8) ruler of...
File:The Khan of Badakhsan Asks to Surrender.jpg
The Khan of Badakhsan Asks to Surrender.jpg
File:Huang Qing Zhigong Tu, 1769, Muslim commoners from Badakhshan.jpg
Huang Qing Zhigong Tu, 1769, Muslim...
File:万国来朝图 Badakhshan delegates (拔達克山) in Peking in 1761.jpg
万国来朝图 Badakhshan delegates (拔達克山) in...
File:Khwahan&shurobod.jpg
Khwahan&shurobod.jpg
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