Guzgan
Kingdom of Guzgan | |
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Ancient Era | |
| Today part of | Afghanistan |
Guzgan (Persian: گوزگان, also known as Gozgan, Guzganan or Quzghan, in Arabic Juzjan or Juzjanan) was a historical region and early medieval principality in what is now northern Afghanistan.
Etymology
The area was known as "Guzgan" or in the plural form "Guzganan", whence Arabic "Juzjan"/"Juzjanan". Orientalist
Geography
The boundaries of Guzgan were never well defined and fluctuated wildly over time. They certainly bear no relation to the modern administrative boundaries of
History
In the early 7th century, the region of Guzgan was counted as part of
The Kingdom of Rob, in which numerous documents in Bactrian language were found, was located to the southeast of the Kingdom of Guzgan.[4]
Arab conquest
Guzgan was conquered by the
In 737, the area was the site of the decisive
Farighunids
Despite the Arab conquest, a native dynasty, the
See also
References
- ^ a b c Lee 1996, p. 8 (note 11).
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hartmann 1965, p. 608.
- ^ a b Sims-Williams 2001, p. 9.
- ^ "...documents from the kingdom of Guzgan or Juzjan in northern Afghanistan , which is northwest of the kingdom of Rob, source of most of the other known Bactrian documents..." in Bulletin of the Asia Institute. Wayne State University Press. 2000. p. 132.
- ISBN 978-92-3-103211-0.
- ISBN 978-92-3-103211-0.
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- ^ Lee 1996, p. 11.
- ^ a b Lee 1996, p. 12.
- ^ Vladimir Minorsky, Vasiliĭ Vladimirovich Bartolʹd, Clifford Edmund Bosworth. Hudūd al-ʻĀlam; "The regions of the world": a Persian geography, 372 A.H.-982 A.D. Luzac, 1970
Sources
- Bosworth, C. E. (2009). "JOWZJĀN". Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. XV, Fasc. 1: Joči – Judeo-Persian communities of Iran, V. New York: Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation. pp. 81–82.
- Hartmann, R. (1965). "Djūzdjān". In OCLC 495469475.
- Lee, Jonathan L. (1996). The 'Ancient Supremacy': Bukhara, Afghanistan and the Battle for Balkh, 1731-1901. Leiden and New York: BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-10399-3.
- Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2001). "Bactrian Legal Documents from 7th- and 8th-Century Guzgan". Bulletin of the Asia Institute. 15: 9–29. JSTOR 24049036.