RS 159 — Fluss durch den Bazar von Khulm / Tashkurghan

• R. Stuckert (1994): Erinnerungen an Afghanistan, S. 139: Federzeichnung: „Abb. 136: Tashkurghan, im Hintergrund die Ruinen der Bala-Hissar“.
  S. 137: „Tashkurghan, das ich nur vom Durchfahren kannte, erweist sich als ein herrlicher Ort. Der Bazar ist sauberer und grösser als der von Aqcha, das Gelände bewegter, die Stadt dicht zusammengedrängt, auch die Wohnquartiere. […] Der Lehm dieser Gegend ist rot, je näher bei der Schlucht desto röter. […] Der Fluss, der aus der Schlucht kommt, verzweigt sich in viele Arme, die durch die Stadt fliessen. […] Den Steilhang auf dem Fels beherrscht die ehemalige Burg, eine grosse, vielgestaltige Ruine, am herrlichsten im Blick gegen die dunkle, blau-rote Schlucht.“
  „[…] Der Bazar liegt zur Hauptsache zwischen zwei Flussarmen, ein rechtwinkliges Labyrinth von Dokanstrassen wie in Aqcha. Der Schuh- und der Käppchenbazar bilden eine reizvolle Ausnahme, die zwei engen Ladengässchen mit schmalem Gehweg kreuzen sich in einem Kuppelgewölbe. […]“
• L. W. Adamec (1979): Mazar-i-Sharif and North-Central Afghanistan, S. 332–335: Abschnitt: „KHULM Also see TASHKURGHAN“.
  S. 332–334: „A town formerly called Tashkurghan, and a woleswali in Samangan province. The woleswali comprises an area of 4,234 square kilometers and has a population which has been variously estimated by Afghan sources at from 25,264 to 74,996. […] Khulm woleswali includes some 139 villages of which about 9 have more than 500 inhabitants. […] Khulm is the ancient name of the town of Tashkurghan, which was again adopted in 1946 during the reign of King Muhammad Zahir. The town is about 65 kilometers from Aibak, 58 kilometers from Mazar-i-Sharif, and 563 kilometers from Kabul.“
  S. 335: „[…] C.-J. Charpentier also published a study on Khulm and its unique traditional bazar. He describes the town as follows: In 1963–64, Tashkurghan changed its name to Khulm, the name of an ancient town located about 7 miles to the north. Tashkurghan is probably one of the few traditional towns left in contemporary Afghanistan, a city with low mudbrick houses and orchards. For several hundred years, Tashkurghan (then an independent khanate) held an important position as one of the great markets on the commercial routes connecting classical Bukhara with the Kingdom of Kabul.“
  S. 569–573: Abschnitt: „TASHKURGHAN Also see KHULM“.
  S. 569: „A town, now called Khulm, in Samangan province. […] In 1914 Tashkurghan was describes [sic! described] as follows:“
  „Elevation 1,495 feet. The town of Tashkurghan is the largest and richest town in the province, and is the principal trade mart between Central Asia and Kabul. It is practically unwalled, though it possesses and arg or citadel. Like Mazar-i-Sharif, it is rather a mass of inhabited orchards than an ordinary town and it covers an enormous extent of ground for its population, but it has a fine and very picturesque bazar of covered streets. […] It is said there are no wells in the town, and drinking water is obtained from the river through covered conduits, which take off above the town. […]“
  „The Bala Hissar is of large extent, and stretches down the west side of the hill on which it is built. […] It is of no value for defence against a modern army. […]“

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