Firoz Koh in Ghur or Ghor (a region to the west of Ghazni), the Ghurids' summer capital

Source: http://www.stathatos.net/firozkoh.htm
(downloaded Nov. 2004)

The remains of the Shahi Masjid (1155/6) in Ghur, or Ghor, Afghanistan

Source: http://www.afghan-network.net/Culture/ghor.html
(downloaded Jan. 2006)

Source: http://www.fao.org/afghanistan/Data/Mapsystem/Archeological_Sites/html/34.html
(downloaded Nov. 2004)

"Fragmentary inscription on two cupolas of a mosque and madrassa ascribe the buildings to the Ghorid ruler Ghias-al-din Mohammad (1163-1203); they are decorated with raised terracotta mosaic."

Views of the Minar-e Jam, on the Hari Rud River in Ghur, built by Ghiyas ud-Din Muhammad in 1174 and rediscovered only in 1957 (*wikipedia*; *Nancy Hatch Dupree*); photos by Luke Powell: *home page*

Source:
http://avalon.unomaha.edu/afghan/afghanistan/ghor/cc41pic.htm -- also 42, 43, 44, 37, 38
(downloaded Jan. 2006)

More views of the Minar-e Jam, by Norbert Fontaine, 2003: *photo 1*; *photo 2*; *photo 3*; *photo 4*; *photo 5*

Source: http://community.webshots.com/photo/77364954/77370474yLEhSU
(downloaded Jan. 2006)

*A large close-up view of the detail work on the Minar-e Jam*

Source: http://www.historywiz.com/images/middle-east/minaretofjam.jpg
(downloaded Jan. 2006)

A modern visitor's view of Ghor Province

Source: http://www.jochen-hippler.de/Fotos/Orient/Ghor/ghor.html
(downloaded Jan. 2006)

Another visitor's views of Ghur: the work of the photographer Luke Powell: *home page*

Source: http://avalon.unomaha.edu/afghan/afghanistan/ghor/cc03pic.htm -- also 07, 58, 69
(downloaded Jan. 2006)