Shighnan
| municipality, second-level administrative division
Tajikistan /
Gorno-Badakhshan /
Khorug /
World
/ Tajikistan
/ Gorno-Badakhshan
/ Khorug
, 31 km from center (Хорог)
World / Afghanistan / Badakhshan
municipality, second-level administrative division, draw only border
Shighnan (Shignan, Shugnan, Shughnan, or Khughnan) is a district in Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan. Shighnan was mentioned by Marco Polo as a source of Balas Rubies, mined from a mountain in the area called Syghinan. The old chieftans of Shighnan said they descended from Alexander the Great.
In ancient times the area was known for its ruby mines, which are mentioned in the writings of Marco Polo:
"It is in this province that those fine and valuable gems the Balas Rubies are found. They are got in certain rocks among the mountains, and in the search for them the people dig great caves underground, just as is done by miners for silver. There is but one special mountain that produces them, and it is called Syghinan."
In modern times Shughnan and its vassal Roshan were states whose native rulers, the mirs of Shighnan, claimed descent from Alexander the Great.[1] The archaeologist Marc Aurel Stein wrote: "North of Shughnan lies Roshan, ruled usually by relatives of the old chiefs of Shughnan... there is no proof, however, to their genealogical claims." [2] Both states were conquered by Abdur Rahman Khan in 1882, but were assigned to Russia by the Durand agreement of 1893.[1] In an 1895 agreement between the British and Russia, Moscow agreed to hand over all districts previously occupied by her on the left bank of the Panj, or upper Oxus,[1] to Afghanistan in exchange for lands on the right hand bank in Darvaz. The Russian-controlled half of Shughnan was incorporated into the Gorno-Badakhshan oblast in 1925, which was merged into the newly formed Tajikistan in 1929.
The people residing in the Shughnan district, both the Tajik side and Afghan side of the border, speak their own language called Shughni (Khughnani).
In ancient times the area was known for its ruby mines, which are mentioned in the writings of Marco Polo:
"It is in this province that those fine and valuable gems the Balas Rubies are found. They are got in certain rocks among the mountains, and in the search for them the people dig great caves underground, just as is done by miners for silver. There is but one special mountain that produces them, and it is called Syghinan."
In modern times Shughnan and its vassal Roshan were states whose native rulers, the mirs of Shighnan, claimed descent from Alexander the Great.[1] The archaeologist Marc Aurel Stein wrote: "North of Shughnan lies Roshan, ruled usually by relatives of the old chiefs of Shughnan... there is no proof, however, to their genealogical claims." [2] Both states were conquered by Abdur Rahman Khan in 1882, but were assigned to Russia by the Durand agreement of 1893.[1] In an 1895 agreement between the British and Russia, Moscow agreed to hand over all districts previously occupied by her on the left bank of the Panj, or upper Oxus,[1] to Afghanistan in exchange for lands on the right hand bank in Darvaz. The Russian-controlled half of Shughnan was incorporated into the Gorno-Badakhshan oblast in 1925, which was merged into the newly formed Tajikistan in 1929.
The people residing in the Shughnan district, both the Tajik side and Afghan side of the border, speak their own language called Shughni (Khughnani).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shighnan
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 37°47'31"N 71°17'10"E
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- Siliguri 2010 km
- Gangarampur 2121 km
- Howrah 2335 km
- Kowl-e Yarkh Lake 12 km
- Ландаур 22 km
- Чохкандез 23 km
- Пограничная вышка 29 km
- Ancient fortress Kalay-i-Vomar 29 km
- The ruins of the fort 30 km
- Спишош 33 km
- Suspension bridge 36 km
- Koh e Sufaid 38 km
- Хихик 51 km
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