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 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗔𝗠, 𝗔𝗙𝗚𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡 Info Blog In English. History Of Jaam Minar Of Afghanistan. History Of Jam Minaret In Afghanistan. Afghan history Blog Built at 1,900 m above sea level and far from any modern town, this minaret rises 65 meters into the air within a rugged and tight valley near the confluence of the Hari and Jam rivers in central Afghanistan. Built in 1194, it is the second tallest minaret in the world after the Qutb Minar in Delhi – which is seven meters taller and was built a mere two years before.  The landscape looks barren, but it was once the thriving summer capital of the semi-nomadic Ghurid dynasty, Firuzkuh, reputedly one of the greatest cities of its age, competing with Herat as a center of art, literature, and theology. It was built using the ruins of Ghazna, 600 Km away, the capital of the Ghaznavid dynasty whom the Ghurids conquered in 1151. The troops killed 60,000 inhabitants, then forced the rest to transport what remai...