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Mirdom of Wakhan میری گری واخان (Persian) Mīrīgarī-yi Wakhān (Persian) | |
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| Capital | Qalʽeh-ye Panjeh |
| Common languages | Persian Wakhi Kyrgyz |
| Ethnic groups | Wakhi people, Kyrgyz |
| Religion | Isma'ilism (majority) Sunni Islam (minority, mostly among the Kyrgyz) |
| Demonym(s) | Wakhi |
| Government | Principality |
• 1740 - 1775 | Jahan Khan |
• 1775 - 1838 | Muhammad Rahim Beg |
• 1838 - 1842 | Shah Turai |
• 1842 - 1856 | Fath 'Ali Shah (first reign) |
• 1856 - 1864 | Shah Mir Beg |
• 1864 - January 1875 | Fath 'Ali Shah (second reign) |
• January 1875 - 14 August 1883 | 'Ali Mardan Khan (first reign) |
• September - Winter 1888 | 'Ali Mardan Khan (second reign) |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 6,000 (1880)[1] |
| Today part of | Afghanistan Tajikistan |
The Mirdom of Wakhan (Persian: میری گری واخان, romanized: Mīrīgarī-yi Wakhān), Principality of Wakhan (Persian: شاهزادهنشین واخان, romanized: Shāhzādanishīn-ī Wākhān), or the Khanate of Wakhan[2][3] (Persian: خانات واخان, romanized: Khānāt-e Wakhān) was a semi-independent Wakhi principality in Central Asia that existed until 1883.[4][5][6] It controlled both banks of the Upper Amu Darya and was governed by a hereditary chieftain known as a mir,[7][8] with its capital at Qal'ah-yi Panjah.[5][9][4]
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- ^ a b Malik, Nadeem Shafiq (2011). "Wakhan: A Historical and Socio-Economic Profile". Pakistan Horizon. 64 (1): 53–60. ISSN 0030-980X. JSTOR 24711142.
- ^ History of civilizations of Central Asia, v. 5: Development in contrast, from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Vol. 5. UNESCO. 2003. pp. 226–229. ISBN 92-3-103876-1.
- ^ "Hermann Kreutzmann (2003) Ethnic minorities and marginality in the Pamirian Knot" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-27.
- ^ Kreutzmann, Hermann (2017). Wakhan Quadrangle: Exploration and Espionage During and After the Great Game. Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-10812-6.
- ^ Shahrani, M. Nazif (2002). The Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan: Adaptation to Closed Frontiers and War. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-98262-5.