Kyrgyzstan: The Bradt Travel GuideArchived 2016-01-02 at the वेबैक मशीन, Laurence Mitchell, pp. 124, Bradt Travel Guides, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84162-221-7, ... Balasagun was the major Karakhanid settlement in the northern part of the territory that is today Kyrgyzstan ... The city was extremely important in its day, but although it flourished for several centuries it eventually declined, and was virtually abandoned by the 15th century ...
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Kyrgyzstan: The Bradt Travel GuideArchived 2016-01-02 at the वेबैक मशीन, Laurence Mitchell, pp. 124, Bradt Travel Guides, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84162-221-7, ... Balasagun was the major Karakhanid settlement in the northern part of the territory that is today Kyrgyzstan ... The city was extremely important in its day, but although it flourished for several centuries it eventually declined, and was virtually abandoned by the 15th century ...