Herat, Also Hari, Herat

City

CityAlso Hari, Herat

Heratهرات

An oasis city that reached its golden age under the Timurids in the 1400s.

Herat joined the Muslim world in the 650s. Rebuilt after the Mongols, it flourished under the Timurids, when Shah Rukh and his wife Gawhar Shad endowed mosques and colleges, and the painter Bihzad and the poet Jami worked here.

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