Historical region and early medieval principality in the northern Afghanistan
"Juzjan" redirects here. For the modern Afghan province, see Jowzjan Province.
Kingdom of Guzgan
Guzgan
UMAYYAD CALIPHATE
BYZANTINE EMPIRE
WESTERN TURKS
CHALUKYAS
EMPIRE OF HARSHA
TANG DYNASTY
Location of the Kingdom of Guzgan in Central Asia, and in present-day northwest Afghanistan.
KHUDAS
AFSHINS
IKHSHIDS
Kunduz
Samarkand
Herat
INDIA
Balkh
TURK SHAHIS
Kandahar
Ghazni
Kabul
ZUNBILS
Gilgit
PATOLA SHAHIS
TOKHARA YABGHUS
KARKOTA DYNASTY
Hund
Bost
Bamiyan
Tang-i Safedak
Maymana
Sheberghan
Sar-e Pol
Andkhoy
GUZGAN
Approximate geographical region of Kingdom of Guzgan, in present-day northern Afghanistan.
Government
Monarchy
Historical era
Ancient Era
Today part of
Afghanistan
Guzgan (Persian: گوزگان, also known as Gozgan, Guzganan or Quzghan) was a historical region and early medieval principality in what is now northern Afghanistan.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
local rulers. In 652, the Chaghan Khudah, along with the rulers of Talaqan, Guzgan, and Faryab, aided the ruler of southern Tokharistan against the Arabs....
ISBN 978-0-691-18074-8. Inaba, Minoru (1 April 2017). "Between Zābulistān and Gūzgān: A Study on the Early Islamic History of Afghanistan". Journal of Inner...
be under its control. The kingdom of Rob was bordered by the regions of Guzgan to the northwest and Kadagistan to the east. To the south was the major...
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as 1%. Zhulād of Gōzgān, ruler of the mid 7th century, in the region of Guzgan, then part of Tokharistan Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub al-Juzajani, 9th century Muslim...
Udabhanda Indus Valley Bamiyan Badakhshan Qobadian Ghazni Kabul Kandahar Guzgan Humi class=notpageimage| Balkh, the capital, and other important cities...
p. 139. Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2002). "Nouveaux document bactriens du Guzgan (note d'information)". Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions...
chinaknowledge.de. Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2002). "Nouveaux document bactriens du Guzgan (note d'information)". Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions...
Oxus, in Lower Tokharistan, the important principalities were those of Guzgan (Ar. Juzjan), Badghis, Herat, and Bamiyan, as well as Kabul beyond the mountains...
participated in a campaign together with Sebuktigin and the Farighunid amir of Guzgan to assist the Samanids in quelling a rebellion in Khurasan. When Sebuktigin...
Ahmad ibn Farighun (died 10th-century) was the first Farighunid ruler of Guzgan (9th-century–10th-century). He was the son of a certain Farighun. He is...
Empire (230–643) Partially part of the Hephthalites (359–570) Kingdom of Guzgan (7th–11th century) Part of the Rashidun Caliphate (643–661) Part of the...