Balkh is a 5 letter English word.
You can make 48 anagrams from letters in Balkh (abhkl).
The ancient Khulm (50 miles east of Balkh) was included in Badakshan.
Khurram would be about five when given Balkh in circa 911 AH.
The Mrz was then 21, Mama 9; she almost certainly did not then go to Balkh.
There is therefore no difficulty in accepting Balkh as the Greek Baktria.
There is no mosque to the north of Balkh, nor is the citadel square.
After a brief visit to his family in Pakistan, he is now serving as the shadow governor of the key northern province of Balkh.
From Balkh to Khulm is about 50 miles and may well pass as two days' journey.
Such is the general system of the Balkh communications with Kabul.
Balkh and Bokhara there meet Bengal and Bombay, and try to draw eye-teeth.
Idrisi says this mountain was "on the road to Balkh, in the direction of Asfaran."