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The 12 pages that link to Herat, each with the reason it gives.

• Persian miniatureBroader topic: Herat’s late Timurid workshops produced influential illustrated manuscripts.

• Timurid EmpireBroader topic: Shah Rukh’s court made Herat a durable center of Timurid power.

• SamarkandRelated: Herat shared Samarkand's Timurid artistic traditions while serving as another imperial capital.

• Durrani EmpireBroader topic: Herat anchored the empire’s western territories and later became a contested center.

• Timurid RenaissanceBroader topic: Under later Timurids, Herat became a leading hub of courtly arts and scholarship.

• Tahirid dynastyBroader topic: Its regional importance illustrates the breadth of the province the Tahirids governed.

• Timurid dynastyRelated: Shahrukh made Herat a major Timurid capital and cultural center.

• Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-SaffarRelated: Ya'qub's expansion into Herat helped secure Saffarid control over eastern Khorasan.

• Ali-Shir Nava'iBroader topic: Nava'i spent much of his career in the city’s courtly and literary circles.

• Kamāl ud-Dīn BehzādRelated: Its court and workshops provided the setting for Behzād's formative career.

• Anglo-Persian WarRelated: Control of this strategically placed city was the war’s immediate point of dispute.

• Mazar-i-SharifCompared with: Herat is another Afghan regional center, but its historical setting differs from the north’s.