IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ALEXANDER
The ruins of the Yamchun fortress overlook the Panj River that today separates
Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Here, in the ancient kingdom of Badakhshan,
Marco Polo recovered from illness. Polo relates that the regional rulers
claimed descent from Alexander the Great, through his marriage to Barsine,
daughter of the Persian emperor Darius III. He also repeats the legend that the
region’s horses were descended from Alexander’s horse, Bucephalus.
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