Talk:Minaret of Jam

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"breathtakingly located" is hardly NPOV. Is this copied from somewhere? RickK 00:18, Mar 6, 2005 (UTC)

No, it was not copied from somewhere. I condensed the Advisory Report (~5 pages) which is abailable on the world heritage web page (whc.unesco.org) and actually took care not to plagiarize. I probably should have indicated the source - sorry for that. Here it is: http://whc.unesco.org/archive/advisory_body_evaluation/211rev.pdf

"Breathtakingly located" is maybe POV - I agree. But the pictures I have seen are pretty much breathtaking. But I'll take it away, no problem. Luis rib 01:03, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I've taken the liberty of updating this page, as I direct the Minaret of Jam Archaeological Project, and wanted to correct some of the contents. The location is breathtaking - check the link to our article in Antiquity if you have any doubts! DavidThomas71 18:18, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Can someone edit this page so the picture on the left doesn't obscure the text? Oshibka 21:53, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Can someone please move the marker of the minaret on Google Earth by 1200 m east. The site location is actually visible there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ceboulon (talk • contribs) 03:20, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

"In 2006, along with continued efforts to preserve the Minaret, UNESCO teamed up with the newly elected Afgan government and the local women of the Shahrak District in selling "Minaret Jam" throughout the European Union. The apricot plum blend claims 93% of sales goes directly to the Minaret's preservation." Did anyone else pick up on this obvious BS? I'm removing it until a source can be found. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.191.68.194 (talk) 17:29, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Apparently this is named after the Jam River, but that doesn't seem to have an article. I am interested in the origin of the toponym "Jam." I assume it has nothing to do with jams and jellies;) This should be explained, since this is a world heritage site especially76.182.247.74 (talk) 07:26, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The name of the minaret is pronounces as "Jaam" and it means "cup" in Farsi/Dari. It's the same Jaam used in Jaam-e Jam, meaning "Cup of Jamshed". It has nothing to do with the English word jam. In Farsi/Dari literature, the word "Jaam" ("Jam" in this case) is used a lot, particularly in the poetries of Haafiz.--220.244.44.112 (talk) 08:48, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Translating the inscriptions
The Minaret of Jam is covered in text, can anyone translate it? I am led to believe the text advocates good relations between Muslims and other Abrahamic religions, and I think noting what the text says anyway would be useful for the article. 81.97.96.95 (talk) 18:54, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Encyclopaedia of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
It has been discovered that this book: Contains significant amounts of material plagiarized from Wikipedia articles. (Some other books from the same publisher also have this problem). There is no practical way of determining which material came from Wikipedia, and which came from other sources. Further, widespread plagiarism is an indication of poor scholarship. For those reasons, and according to Wikipedia policy, WP:CIRCULAR, I will deleting all citations to the book. However I will not delete the material that cites it, as there's no indication that the material is inaccurate. For more background, see WP:RSN, or the archive after it goes there.  Will Beback   talk    23:07, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Gupta, Om. Encyclopaedia of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Gyan Publishing House, 2006. ISBN 8182053897, 9788182053892.

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