Ghazni

Province

• United States Hayward, California
• Giżycko, Poland

Ghazni ( غزني Pashtun, Persian غزنی ) and Ghazni (ancient Alexandria ) is the capital of Ghazni province in central Afghanistan. The population of the city is around 157 600.

Ghazni is located on the Afghan ring road south of the city and has an airfield.

History

Ghazni Ghazni or was the name of the city about 1000 years ago. The city was the heartland of the Ghaznavids. Here had about 400 poets and scholars such as Ferdowsi, Farrokhi, Ansari, Manoutchehri, Sana'i and Anwari. You made ​​a great contribution to the development of the language and literature of the Persian language (also called Dari ). Summit of the seal in the epic literature of the area learned the Persian language by completing the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi. This monumental work contains the mythology of the Iranian cultural area from the earliest times until the 11th century.

The Ghuridenherrscher Ala al-Din Husain II (r. 1149-1161 ) destroyed Ghazni in 1151, the final conquest of the city was followed by 1173/74.

In the First British - Afghan War was victorious on 23 July 1839, British Army of the Indus under John Keane in the Battle of Ghazni against Afghan troops and was able to take the city.

On March 29, 2005 parts of the city were flooded during the break of the Band-e -Sultan Dam.

In the city a large number of those poets and scientists is buried. Not only the lovers of literature of the Persian migrate to their holy sites. For this, the grave of the famous Persian scholar al -Biruni counts as well as the other poets of the Ghaznavids, whose works are referred to as the pinnacle of literature of Dari.

Mahmud of Ghazni, important patron of Persian literature, and Ayaz

Representation of different phases of the moon, Al -Biruni, 973-1048

Islamic Capital of Culture 2013

Ghazni was selected in 2004 by the Conference of Islamic culture minister in Algeria in addition to three other cities, Al - Madinah Al- Munawarah, Bishkek and Ouagadougou, for participation in the project " Capital of Islamic Culture ". For the implementation of this project, 15 million U.S. dollars were paid at the beginning of the Afghan government of the Islamic Organization for Education, Science and Culture. Around 30 projects are almost exclusively led by the Afghan authorities. They include, amongst others, the development of infrastructure, such as the construction of an airport. Part of the budget is used for the actual idea of ​​" cultural capital " of transmitting cultural values ​​to the local population and foreign countries. Examples include the construction of an Islamic cultural center and the idea of the actual culture Ghaznis as part of " Ghazni " days in other European countries.

German participation at the RWTH Aachen

As part of the "Culture for Peace", the German government and the RWTH Aachen sustainable involved in the project " Cultural Capital " in Ghazni, by helping in the reconstruction of the historic city walls. "Culture for Peace" is a program that is supported by Germany, Great Britain Oman, on the one hand for the restoration of the wall being built by local workers and on the other hand is at one's own cultural heritage for the familiarization of the population. The restoration of this landmark Ghaznis started in 2010 by the RWTH Aachen, which involved from then on to the securing of the city wall by sends experts and forwards with their expertise this project. So 400 jobs for local construction workers and craftsmen who can participate in the long term reconstruction emerged. This whole project is made ​​possible by the financial support of the German Foreign Office, which participates with around 1.7 million euros in the renovation.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Al - Hudschwiri ( 900 - 1071/1077 ), Persian Sufi scholar
• Hassan Ghaznawi (12th century), Persian poet
• Mahmud Tarzi (1865-1933), Afghan intellectuals
• Babrak Wassa (* 1947), German composer and conductor

Twin Cities

• United States Hayward (California, USA)
• Giżycko, Poland