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Taloqan is a land of shepherds and warriors, even today. Marco Polo described its inhabitants as “a people [who] worship Mohommet (Mohammed) and … have a peculiar language. They are gallant soldiers.” Here an officer of the former Afghan Northern Alliance poses with his wide-eyed daughter and two of his soldiers. Taloqan, Afghanistan
Author: Michael Yamashita
© Michael Yamashita
Photo size: 65.1 Mpixels (186 MB uncompressed) - 9883x6589 pixels (32.9x22 in / 83.7x55.8 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Afghan, Afghanistan, cultural, culture, daughter, designs, female, girl, inside, interior, Korea Exhibit, landscape, males, Marco Polo Book, men, Northern alliance, page 164-165, patterns, people, portriat, shepherds, Silk Road, sit, sitting, soldiers, tradition, traditional, war at the door, warriors
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