Collection of Books on
Afghan Architecture & Urbanism

Books

Explore a curated collection of books on the architecture and urban planning of Afghanistan, showcasing the rich cultural heritage, historical evolution, and modern challenges of Afghan cities and landscapes. These resources aim to inspire deeper understanding and dialogue about the built environment of Afghanistan. The book cover images used on this page are screenshots from publicly available sources. They are provided here for informational purposes only, and the links redirect to the official sites where the books can be accessed

Cover of "An Historical Guide to Afghanistan" by Nancy Hatch Dupree, featuring an ancient minaret framed by lush trees against a clear blue sky.
A HIstorical Guide to Afghanistan
Cover of The Buddhist Architecture of Gandhāra by Kurt A. Behrendt, featuring an image of an intricately carved Buddhist monument from the Gandhāra region.
The Buddhist Architecture of Gandhara
Cover of the book Afghanistan by Louis Dupree, featuring historical photographs of Afghan fighters and a crashed helicopter.
Afghanistan 1980
Book cover of 'Traditional Architecture of Afghanistan' by Stanley I. Hallet and Rafi Samizay, featuring a sepia image of Afghan traditional buildings with mountains in the background.
Traditional Architecture of Afghanistan
Cover of Venturing Permanence: The ETH House of Science in Bamiyan, showing a construction site with workers against the backdrop of the mountains of Bamiyan, Afghanistan.
Venturing permanence : the ETH House of Science in Bamiyan
Book Afghanistan Preserving Historic Heritage by Philip Jodidio: The Aga Khan Historic Cties Program
Afghanistan Preserving Historic Heritage
Title page of a book in Pashto titled 'د افغانستان لنډ تاریخ,' authored by علامه عبدالحی حبيبي and translated by استاد عبدالروف بينوا, with a watermark of 'Ketabton.com
د افغانستان لنډ تاريخ
Library card showing bibliographic details of a book titled "Afghanistan" by Angus Hamilton, from the University of Toronto Library. The card includes instructions not to remove it from the pocket.
Afghanistan
Book cover of 'Waqf in Central Asia' by R.D. McChesney, featuring a Muslim shrine.
Waqf in Central Asia : four hundred years in the history of a Muslim shrine, 1480-1889
Book cover of 'The Road to Oxiana' by Robert Byron, featuring two figures walking in a mountainous landscape
The Road to Oxiana
Book cover of 'The Road to Kabul,' edited by Gerald de Gaury and H.V.F. Winstone.
The Road to Kabul
Book cover of 'Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul,' edited by Fredrik Hiebert and Pierre Cambon, featuring golden artifacts
Afghanistan : hidden treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
Cover of the book 'Afghanistan: An Atlas of Indigenous Domestic Architecture,' showing traditional Afghan dwellings with a backdrop of arid hills and mountains
Afahanistan AN ATLAS OF INDIGENOUS DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE
Intricate architectural design of a dome in Afghanistan, representing cultural heritage restoration efforts.
Keeping History Alive_Safeguarding Cultural Heritage in Post-Conflict Afghanistan
Cover of Persian book 'Urban Geography of Afghanistan' by Mohammed Hossein Mukhtarian.
جغرافیای شهری افغانستان
Book cover of 'کابل ښار: د پېړیو په اوږدو کې' (Kabul City: Through the Centuries), featuring a mosque and urban architecture.
کابل ښار دپیړیو په اوږدوکی
Book cover of 'جغرافیای شهری' (Urban Geography), featuring a map sketch and Persian script
جغرافیه شهری / غلام جیلانی عارض
Book cover of 'Kabul Yesterday, Kabul Today, with its Important Tomorrow' by Professor Ghulam Jalani Areez.
کابل : کابل دیروز ، کابل امروز و کابل با فردای مبهم ان
Cover of the book 'Pa Shalama Peri Ke Da Hewad Nafoos,' featuring Pashto text and details on Afghanistan's population in the 20th century.
په شلمه پيړی کی دهیواد نفوس
Cover of the book 'Geography of Historical Afghanistan,' authored by Ghulam Muhammad Ghubar, with a minimalist black-and-white design
جغرافیای تاریخی افغانستان
Cover page of the book 'Geography of Historical Afghanistan (Fifty Articles)' authored by Younas Abdullah Habibi
جغرافیه تاریخی افغانستان
Cover of the book 'Sistan: The Cradle of Five Thousand Years of Civilization,' authored by Academic Candidate Mohammad Azam Sistan
سیستان مهد تمدن پنج هزار ساله
Book cover featuring a dry tree with Pashto text about dried trees and park architecture
د وجو بڼونو او پارکونو معماری
Book cover of 'د خاورو لاندې بنار' (Underneath the Soil) with an image of barren hills and mountains.
د خاورو لاندې ښار د عینک مسو کان ته څیرمه
Image of Book on Afghanistan traditional architecture
د کابل ښار لمړی ګمرګ اداري ودانی معماری
Book cover of 'د کابل بنار معماري' (Architecture of Kabul), featuring a historical photograph of a traditional Afghan building in beige tones.
د کابل ښار معماري بي بي مهرو
Book cover of 'The Original Architecture of Kabul,' featuring a colorful geometric floral design.
د کابل ښار اصلي معماري مرادخانۍ
Cover of the book 'Kabul Shar: Da Pairio Pa Ogdo Ke,' featuring a mosque and urban buildings.
کابل ښار د پیړیو په اوږدو کې
Cover of an Afghan history book featuring the Minaret of Jam and other historical landmarks in Afghanistan.
د هیواد لرغونی ښارونه او د تاریخ پاڼې
Cover of the book 'Menarha-ye Ghazni: Gozashteh wa Hāl,' featuring two historical minarets from Ghazni
منارهای غزني
Book cover: Ghazni_ Shahr Keshwar Koshanian, Danishmandan wa Banahai Tarekhe an
غزني
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د غزني شابهار او د باختر د بودایی هنر سرچینه
Book Cover:د غور استحکامي کلاوي او دهغوی تاريخي پېژندنه
د لرغونی غور استحکامي کلاوې او د هغوی تایخی پیښې
Book cover featuring an image of a tall historic tower with clear blue skies in the background and Pashto text on the right
نهه برچه کلا
Book cover with a two-tone background (blue on top, cream below) and Pashto text written in black
د چکریو منار
Book Da Naranj Ghondai is about Afghanistan monumental site by Mimar Hashmatullah Atmar
د نارنج غونډۍ
Book cover in blue and white tones featuring Pashto text and an image of a historic structure
د غزني شابهار او د باختر د بودایی هنر سرچینه
Book cover with an orange background featuring Pashto text and an image of the famous Blue Mosque of Mazar-i-Sharif.
په سلمه سدی کې د افغانستان هنر
Book cover featuring the Jam Minaret against a clear blue sky, with Pashto and Persian text and a map of Afghanistan
معماری افغانستان
Page from the book titled 'باستان‌شناسی افغانستان' with Persian text discussing the archaeology of Afghanistan.
باستانشناسی افغانستان از کهن ترین روزگار تا دوران تیموریان
Cover of the book 'باستان‌شناسی افغانستان' featuring a historical site in Afghanistan with ruins and a central column, published in 1358 (1979) with the ACKU property stamp.
باستانشناسی افغانستان
Cover of the book 'باستان‌شناسی افغانستان از ماقبل التاريخ تا اوایل دوره اسلامی,' featuring a bronze statue of a warrior, published in 1396 (2017) in Kabul
ﺑﺎﺳﺘﺎﻧﺸﻨﺎﺳی اﻓﻐﺎﻧﺴﺘﺎن از ﻣﺎﻗﺒﻞ اﻟﺘﺎرﯾﺦ ﺗﺎ اواﯾﻞ دوره اﺳﻼﻣی
Editorial note page from a publication on Afghan archaeology, written in Persian, highlighting the research focus on prehistory and early cultural studies
باستانشناسی افغانستان
The title page of the book "Forbidden Road – Kabul to Samarkand" by Rosita Forbes, published by E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., in New York. The page features a decorative publisher's logo at the bottom and mentions the inclusion of 76 half-tone illustrations.
Forbidden Road--Kabul to Samarkand
Cover page of the professional paper "The Bala Hissar of Kabul" by Brigadier C. W. Woodburn.
The Bala Hissar of Kabul : revealing a fortress-palace in Afghanistan
Cover of an Afghan history book featuring the Minaret of Jam and other historical landmarks in Afghanistan.
افغانستان د تاریخ په رڼا کي
Cover of a book Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. II (1907–1910)
Notes on some Monuments in Afghanistan
Title page of "Flora of Afghanistan" by Siro Kitamura, published by Kyoto University in 1960.
Flora of Afghanistan
Cover page of "History of Buddhism in Afghanistan" by Prof. C.S. Upasak, published by the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, Varanasi, in 1990.
History of Buddhism in Afghanistan
Title page of "The Kingdom of Bamiyan: Buddhist Art and Culture of the Hindu Kush" by Deborah Klimburg-Salter, published in Naples, Rome, 1989.
1989 Kingdom Of Bamiyan Buddhist Art And Culture Of The Hindu Kush By Klimburg Salter
Library card showing bibliographic details of a book titled "Afghanistan" by Angus Hamilton, from the University of Toronto Library. The card includes instructions not to remove it from the pocket.
Afghanistan
Title page of "The Kingdom of Bamiyan: Buddhist Art and Culture of the Hindu Kush" by Deborah Klimburg-Salter, published in Naples, Rome, 1989.
Berge, Pferde und Bazare : Afghanistan, das Land am Hindukusch
Cover of the book 'Afghanistan in the Course of History' by Mir Ghulam Muhammad Ghubar
افغانستان د تاریخ په تګلوري کې
Cover of the book 'History of Afghanistan' by Ahmad Ali Kohzad, Volume One
تاریخ افغانستان
Book About the geoghraphy, history, culture of Hilmand province
هلمند ( جغرافيه، تاريخ او کلتوري دودونه)
Cover of "Afghanistan: A Cultural History" by St John Simpson, featuring intricate golden patterns and Islamic calligraphy.
Afghanistan : a cultural history
Title page of a book in Pashto titled 'د افغانستان لنډ تاریخ,' authored by علامه عبدالحی حبيبي and translated by استاد عبدالروف بينوا, with a watermark of 'Ketabton.com
د افغانستان لنډ تاريخ