Historical region of Central Asia (now part of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and western China)
Flag
Emblem
Čorxüna, Marco Polo sheep, Snow leopard
Motto
"Pōmīr pe sar tīr!"
Language
Pamiri languages (Majority)
Persian languages (Minority)
Dari
Tajik
Pashto (Minority)
Mandarin (Minority)
Kyrgyz (Minority)
Calendar
Gregorian calendar
Food
Šīrčōy
Instrument
Rabōb
River
Panj
This article is about the region. For the province in Afghanistan, see Badakhshan Province. For the autonomous region in Tajikistan, see Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region.
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Map of Badakhshan, divided between Tajikistan-Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in the north, Afghanistan-Badakhshan Province in the south, with a smaller part in China-Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in the east. Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan. Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan.
Badakhshan is a historical region comprising parts of modern-day north-eastern Afghanistan, eastern Tajikistan, and Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in China. Badakhshan Province is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. Much of historic Badakhshan lies within Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in the southeastern part of the country. The music of Badakhshan is an important part of the region's cultural heritage.[1]
^The Music of Tajik Badakhshan, Jan van Belle, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2003.
in China. Badakhshan Province is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. Much of historic Badakhshan lies within Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous...
Badakhshan Province (Persian: بدخشان, romanized: Badaxšān) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country....
Badakhshan is a region of Tajikistan and Afghanistan with a unique musical heritage, especially that of the remote Pamiri Ismailis. Badakhshan's unique...
Lal'i Badakhshan (Russian: Лали Бадахшан; Tajik: Лаъли Бадахшон, lit. 'Rubies of Badakhshan', named after the writings of Sufi pirs) is an opposition...
native to Central Asia, living primarily in Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan), Afghanistan (Badakhshan), Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan) and China (Taxkorgan Tajik...
plane carrying six people crashed in the Kuf Ab District of Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province killing two of its occupants. The flight operated by a Dassault...
The Islamic Emirate of Badakhshan was an unrecognized Islamic state ruled by Sharia law in modern day Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. The area was controlled...
Islam is nominally adhered to by 96% of the population. In the Gorno-Badakhshan oblast, there is a linguistic diversity where Rushani, Shughni, Ishkashimi...
dissolved somewhere between 1929 and 1946. Qataghan-Badakhshan Province – dissolved in 1963 into Badakhshan Province and Qataghan Province, the latter of which...
romanized: dâlân-e vâxân) is a narrow strip of territory located within the Badakhshan province of Afghanistan. This corridor stretches eastward, connecting...
Badakhshan University (built in 1996) (Persian: پوهنتون بدخشان) is located in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan. Established in 1988, Badakhshan...
Gorno-Badakhshan Province of Tajikistan. To the south, they border the Hindu Kush mountains along Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in Badakhshan Province...
District of Badakhshan Province, extending along the Wakhan Corridor between the Pamir mountains and the Hindu Kush, bordering the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous...
1992 and ended in June 1997. Regional groups from the Garm and Gorno-Badakhshan regions of Tajikistan rose up against the newly-formed government of President...
On 2 May 2014, a pair of mudslides occurred in Argo District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan.[citation needed] The death toll is uncertain, the number...
Gold Mine is situated in mountainous terrain in northern Afghanistan in Badakhshan Province, the location benefits from three international borders: Tajikistan...
was mined in the Sar-i Sang mines, in Shortugai, and in other mines in Badakhshan province in modern northeast Afghanistan. Lapis lazuli artifacts, dated...
Afghanistan was mining and trading lapis lazuli stones mainly from the Badakhshan region. During the first century BCE, the Parthian Empire subjugated the...
languages are spoken primarily in the Badakhshan Province of northeastern Afghanistan and the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of eastern Tajikistan...
انصارالله), is a Tajik Islamist militant movement currently based out of Badakhshan, Afghanistan. It is related to al-Qaeda. Jamaat Ansarullah was founded...
has been a senior member of the Taliban. Qari Fasihuddin was born in Badakhshan Province and originated from Isterab, Warduj District. He belongs to the...
folk music is traditionally divided into three styles, Pamir (Mountain-Badakhshan province), Central Kuhistoni (Hisor, Kulob, Gharm provinces) and Sogdiana's...
alliance, from the Barkhorugh microraion of the city of Khorugh in the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region of Tajikistan. He has been variously described...
football team (also Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region national football team) is a national side that represents Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan...
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Tajikistan-Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in the north, 
Afghanistan-Badakhshan Province in the south, with a smaller part in 
China-Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in the east.
