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- Shighnan, also Shignan, Shugnan, Shughnan, and Khughnan (Tajik: Шуғнон, Persian: شغنان, Pashto: شېرخان بندر, Shughni: خُږنۈن, Хуг̌ну̊н, Xuɣ̌nůn), is an...
- Shighnan District (Persian: ولسوالی شغنان -Tajik: Ноҳияи Шиғнони, Shughni: خُږنۈن ولسوالے) is one of the 28 districts of the Badakhshan Province in eastern...
- Marco Polo wrote that Balas ruby could be found under the "Syghinan" (Shighnan) mountain in Badashan/Badakshan. "Balas" is derived from Balascia, the...
- 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...
- who quickly seized Balkh, Chaghaniyan, Vakhsh, Jarum, Badakhshan, and Shighnan from the Kara-Khitan Khanate, and was thus given the title of Sultan by...
- Gardez, Bamyan, Qala e Naw, Zaranj, Fayzabad, Charikar, Qalat, Shindand, Shighnan, Mihtarlam, Islam Qala, Khwahan, Chaghcharan, Tarinkot, Ziak, Torghundi...
- Khanate, Wakhan and Shighnan were incorporated into the Qing dynasty. The Khanate of Kokand eventually annexed Wakhan and Shighnan from Qing China by the...
- Tajikistan and on the Yaftal Bala, Yaftali Sufla, Khwahan, Kuf Ab, Maimay, Shighnan, Arghanj Khwa, and Shahri Buzurg districts of Badakhshan. Prominent rivers...
- important strategic area, as it commands the only route between Fayzabad, Shighnan, and Wakhan accessible during the winter. It has a number of small shops...
- main stream of the Panja, a little above Kala Bar Panja, the capital of Shighnan. Гунт, Great Soviet Encyclopedia Tajikistan Development Gateway (Rivers)...