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An ancient city in modern-day Afghanistan, historically a major center of Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, and later Islamic science, often cited in texts on the transmission of Eastern wisdom.

36.7581° N, 66.8989° E

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Other entities that appear in the same books as Balkh.

India

Picatrix (Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm)The Coptic or Egyptian Forerunner Traite des medicaments (Jami al-Mufradat)Kircher: China Illustrata (1667)+37 more

Egypt

Picatrix (Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm)The Coptic or Egyptian Forerunner Traite des medicaments (Jami al-Mufradat)Chinese Chronology and Cycles+33 more

Moses

The Coptic or Egyptian Forerunner Picatrix (Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm)Masnavi (Mathnawi)Die Propaedeutik der Araber im zehnten Jahrhundert+18 more

Babylon

Chinese Chronology and Cycles Chinese Chronology and Cycles Picatrix (Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm)Traite des medicaments (Jami al-Mufradat)+17 more

Rome

The Coptic or Egyptian Forerunner Kircher: China Illustrata (1667)Picatrix (Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm)Traite des medicaments (Jami al-Mufradat)+17 more

Aristotle

Picatrix (Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm)The Coptic or Egyptian Forerunner Picatrix (Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm)Picatrix (Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm)+16 more

Jerusalem

Traite des medicaments (Jami al-Mufradat)Traite des medicaments (Jami al-Mufradat)The Oriental Library, Volume 3, Part 2 Al-Risala al-Qushayriyya (Treatise on Sufism)+14 more

Abraham

Masnavi (Mathnawi)Die Propaedeutik der Araber im zehnten Jahrhundert The Gulistan, or Rose Garden Tadhkirat al-Awliya (Memorial of the Saints)+13 more

Adam

Picatrix (Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm)Masnavi (Mathnawi)The Coptic or Egyptian Forerunner Tadhkirat al-Awliya (Memorial of the Saints)+10 more

Solomon

Traite des medicaments (Jami al-Mufradat)Masnavi (Mathnawi)De retardatione accidentium senectutis Opera hactenus inedita, Fasciculus VIII+10 more

Greece

Chinese Chronology and Cycles Picatrix (Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm)Traite des medicaments (Jami al-Mufradat)Flores Astrologiae+9 more

Italy

Flores Astrologiae De retardatione accidentium senectutis Opera hactenus inedita, Fasciculus VIII Introduction to Astronomy+6 more

David

Masnavi (Mathnawi)Die Propaedeutik der Araber im zehnten Jahrhundert The Gulistan, or Rose Garden Safar-nameh (Book of Travels)+5 more

Paris

De retardatione accidentium senectutis Opera hactenus inedita, Fasciculus VIII Die Propaedeutik der Araber im zehnten Jahrhundert History of the Armenians+5 more

Spain

Traite des medicaments (Jami al-Mufradat)Flores Astrologiae De retardatione accidentium senectutis Opera hactenus inedita, Fasciculus VIII+5 more

Appears in 45 Books

Coptic Forerunner: On the Egyptian Language

Athanasius Kircher

p. 104 p. 105 p. 106 p. 107 p. 108 p. 109 p. 110 p. 111 p. 112 p. 113+6 more pages

Traite des medicaments (Jami al-Mufradat)

Ibn al-Baytar

p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10

Siddhanta Sarvabhauma

Munisvara

p. 33 p. 34 p. 35 p. 36 p. 37 p. 38 p. 39 p. 40 p. 41

Chinese Chronology and Cycles

Thomas Fergusson

p. 150 p. 151 p. 152 p. 153 p. 154 p. 155 p. 156 p. 157 p. 158 p. 159+2 more pages

Chinese Chronology and Cycles

Thomas Fergusson

p. 115 p. 116 p. 117 p. 118 p. 119 p. 120 p. 121 p. 122 p. 123 p. 124+7 more pages

Picatrix (Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm)

al-Majriti (attrib.)

p. 96 p. 97 p. 98 p. 99 p. 100 p. 101

Traite des medicaments (Jami al-Mufradat)

Ibn al-Baytar

p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10+1 more pages

Kircher: China Illustrata (1667)

Athanasius Kircher

p. 69 p. 70 p. 71 p. 72 p. 73 p. 74 p. 75 p. 76 p. 77 p. 78+4 more pages

Flores Astrologiae

Abu Mashar (Albumasar); Johannes Hispalensis (trans.)

p. 47 p. 48 p. 49 p. 50 p. 51 p. 52 p. 53 p. 54 p. 55 p. 56+5 more pages

Masnavi (Mathnawi)

Jalaluddin Rumi (Nicholson, trans.)

p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9

Ancient Khotan: Detailed Report of Archaeological Explorations in Chinese Turkestan

Aurel Stein

p. 330 p. 331 p. 332 p. 333 p. 334 p. 335 p. 336 p. 337 p. 338 p. 339+15 more pages

The Oriental Library, Volume 3, Part 2

Joseph Simonius Assemani

p. 116 p. 117 p. 118 p. 119 p. 120 p. 121 p. 122 p. 123 p. 124 p. 125+4 more pages

De retardatione accidentium senectutis

Bacon, Roger

p. 257 p. 258 p. 259 p. 260 p. 261 p. 262 p. 263 p. 264 p. 265 p. 266+3 more pages

Opera hactenus inedita, Fasciculus VIII

Bacon, Roger

p. 554 p. 555 p. 556 p. 557 p. 558 p. 559 p. 560 p. 561 p. 562 p. 563+4 more pages

Introduction to Astronomy

Albumasar (Abu Mashar)

p. 143 p. 144 p. 145 p. 146 p. 147 p. 148 p. 149 p. 150 p. 151

Die Propaedeutik der Araber im zehnten Jahrhundert

Ikhwan al-Safa; Friedrich Dieterici (ed.)

p. 225 p. 226

Al-Risala al-Qushayriyya (Treatise on Sufism)

Al-Qushayri

p. 13 p. 14 p. 15 p. 16 p. 17 p. 18 p. 19 p. 20 p. 21 p. 22+22 more pages

Astronomical calendar (Samaritan MS 22)

Anonymous

p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10 p. 11 p. 12 p. 13 p. 14 p. 15 p. 16+8 more pages

History of the Armenians

P'awstos Buzand

p. 227 p. 228 p. 229 p. 230 p. 231 p. 232 p. 233 p. 234 p. 235 p. 236+14 more pages

The Gulistan, or Rose Garden

Sa'di of Shiraz

p. 43 p. 44 p. 45 p. 46 p. 47 p. 48 p. 49 p. 50 p. 51 p. 52+57 more pages

The Coptic or Egyptian Forerunner

Athanasius Kircher

p. 70 p. 71 p. 72 p. 73 p. 74 p. 75 p. 76 p. 77 p. 78 p. 79+23 more pages

Tadhkirat al-Awliya (Memorial of the Saints)

Farid al-Din Attar; A.J. Arberry (trans.)

p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10+170 more pages

Safar-nameh (Book of Travels)

Nasir Khusraw

p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10 p. 11 p. 12 p. 13 p. 14 p. 15 p. 16+121 more pages

Selected Poems from the Divan of Shams-i Tabriz

Jalal al-Din Rumi / R.A. Nicholson (ed. & trans.)

p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10 p. 11 p. 12 p. 13+47 more pages

Mani: His Teachings and His Writings

Gustav Flügel

p. 99 p. 100 p. 101 p. 102 p. 103 p. 104 p. 105 p. 106 p. 107 p. 108+74 more pages

Life and Deeds of Tamerlane

Ahmad ibn Arabshah

p. 434 p. 435 p. 436 p. 437 p. 438 p. 439 p. 440 p. 441 p. 442 p. 443+22 more pages

History of the Armenians

Moses of Chorene (Movses Xorenats'i)

p. 146 p. 147 p. 148 p. 149 p. 150 p. 151 p. 152 p. 153 p. 154 p. 155+19 more pages

History of Vardan and the Armenian War

Eghishe

p. 413 p. 414 p. 415 p. 416 p. 417 p. 418 p. 419 p. 420 p. 421 p. 422+8 more pages

Kitab al-Luma (Book of Flashes)

Abu Nasr al-Sarraj; R.A. Nicholson (ed.)

p. 358 p. 359 p. 360 p. 361 p. 362 p. 363 p. 364 p. 365 p. 366 p. 367+7 more pages

Zend-Avesta, Work of Zoroaster

Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron

p. 46 p. 47 p. 48 p. 49 p. 50 p. 51 p. 52 p. 53 p. 54 p. 55+66 more pages

A Compendious History of the Dynasties

Bar Hebraeus

p. 445 p. 446 p. 447 p. 448 p. 449 p. 450 p. 451 p. 452 p. 453 p. 454+15 more pages

Elements of Astronomy (Alfraganus)

al-Farghani (Alfraganus); Jacob Golius (ed.)

p. 415 p. 416 p. 417 p. 418 p. 419 p. 420 p. 421 p. 422 p. 423 p. 424+10 more pages

The Mathnawi of Jalaluddin Rumi

Jalal al-Din Rumi / R.A. Nicholson

p. 116 p. 117 p. 118 p. 119 p. 120 p. 121 p. 122 p. 123 p. 124 p. 125+2 more pages

Epistles of Wisdom

Anonymous (Druze)

p. 82 p. 83 p. 84 p. 85 p. 86 p. 87 p. 88 p. 89 p. 90 p. 91+9 more pages

Religious Thought and Life in India, Part I

Monier Monier-Williams

p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10 p. 11 p. 12 p. 13 p. 14 p. 15 p. 16+10 more pages

Āthār al-bilād wa akhbār al-`ibād, by Zakariyya al-Qazvīnī (d. 1283)

Zakariyya al-Qazvini

p. 200 p. 201 p. 202 p. 203 p. 204 p. 205 p. 206 p. 207 p. 208 p. 307+7 more pages

Book of Kings (Shahnama)

Ferdowsi

p. 195 p. 196 p. 197 p. 198 p. 199 p. 200 p. 201 p. 202 p. 203 p. 204+50 more pages

Borg.ar.172

Anonymous

p. 186 p. 187 p. 188 p. 189 p. 190 p. 191 p. 192 p. 193 p. 194 p. 195+8 more pages

Kalila and Dimna

Ibn al-Muqaffa

p. 130 p. 131 p. 132 p. 133 p. 134 p. 135 p. 136 p. 137 p. 138 p. 139+24 more pages

Grosse Absichten des Ordens der Illuminaten

[Grünberger, G.]

p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10 p. 11 p. 12 p. 13+11 more pages

Kircher: China Illustrata (1667)

Athanasius Kircher

p. 67 p. 68 p. 69 p. 70 p. 71 p. 72 p. 73 p. 74 p. 75 p. 76+8 more pages

Astronomical calendar (Samaritan MS 22)

Anonymous

p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10 p. 11+13 more pages

Die Propaedeutik der Araber im zehnten Jahrhundert

Ikhwan al-Safa; Friedrich Dieterici (ed.)

p. 225 p. 226 p. 227 p. 228 p. 229 p. 230 p. 231 p. 232

Reys van Anthony Jenkinson, op ordre van de Engelse, Moscovise Maat-schappy, om een weg door Tartarie naa...

Jenkinson, Anthony, -1611

p. 38 p. 39 p. 40 p. 41 p. 42 p. 43 p. 44 p. 45 p. 46 p. 47+4 more pages

Safar-nameh (Book of Travels)

Nasir Khusraw

p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10+92 more pages