Guzgan
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Guzgan was a historical region and early medieval principality in what is now northern Afghanistan.
Zhulād of Gōzgān was an Iranian ruler of the region of Guzgan, and a vassal of the Yabghus of Tokharistan. Coinage date 688 CE.
Stream near Jowzjan Province
Coin of Khusrau II countermarked by Skag Gozgan (upper right border).
Zhulād of Gōzgān
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Zhulād of Gōzgān was a ruler of the mid-7th century CE, in the region of Guzgan in northern Afghanistan, then part of Tokharistan. His name "Zhulad" suggests Iranian ethnicity, but his territory was n
Guzgan
…century, the area was controlled by a local family that used the country Gozgan as the dynastic name, a custom of the era. Several are named, including Zhulad Gozgan, and Skag Gozgan, presumably one of his successors. The Kingdom of Rob, in which numerous documents in the Bactrian language were found, was located…
Another coin of Khusrau II with round countermark "ζολαδο" "Zolado" for Zhulād of Gōzgān (upper right corner, in the margin).
Silver coin of Zhulād of Gōzgān, copying Sasanian issue of Khusrau II