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Shighnan, also Shignan, Shugnan, Shughnan, and
Khughnan (Tajik: Шуғнон, Persian: شغنان, Pashto: شېرخان بندر, Shughni: خُږنۈن, Хуг̌ну̊н, Xuɣ̌nůn), is an...
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Shighnan District (Persian: شهرستان سغنان -Tajik: Ноҳияи Шиғнони, Shughni: خُږنۈن ولسوالے) is one of the 28
districts of the
Badakhshan Province in eastern...
- Gardez, Bamyan, Qala e Naw, Zaranj, Fayzabad, Charikar, Qalat, Shindand,
Shighnan, Mihtarlam,
Islam Qala, Khwahan, Chaghcharan, Tarinkot, Ziak, Torghundi...
- The Mir of
Shighnan was the
ruler of
Shighnan,
whose seat of
power was at
Qaleh Barpanjeh (قلعه برپنجه). In 1883 the last Mir of
Shighnan,
Yusuf Ali Khan...
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Marco Polo
wrote that
Balas ruby
could be
found under the "Syghinan" (
Shighnan)
mountain in Badashan/Badakshan. "Balas" is
derived from Balascia, the...
- who
quickly seized Balkh, Chaghaniyan, Vakhsh, Jarum, Badakhshan, and
Shighnan from the Kara-Khitan Khanate, and was thus
given the
title of
Sultan by...
- Khanate,
Wakhan and
Shighnan were
incorporated into the Qing dynasty. The
Khanate of
Kokand eventually annexed Wakhan and
Shighnan from Qing
China by the...
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Khwahan Kishim Kohistan Kuf Ab
Kuran Wa
Munjan Raghistan Shahri Buzurg Shighnan Shekay Shuhada Tagab Tishkan Wakhan Wurduj Yaftali Sufla Yamgan Yawan Zebak...
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Tajikistan and on the
Yaftal Bala,
Yaftali Sufla, Khwahan, Kuf Ab, Maimay,
Shighnan,
Arghanj Khwa, and
Shahri Buzurg districts of Badakhshan.
Prominent rivers...
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Khwahan Kishim Kohistan Kuf Ab
Kuran Wa
Munjan Raghistan Shahri Buzurg Shighnan Shekay Shuhada Tagab Tishkan Wakhan Wurduj Yaftali Sufla Yamgan Yawan Zebak...
