Qubodiyon

Coordinates: 37°24′27″N 68°11′06″E / 37.40750°N 68.18500°E / 37.40750; 68.18500
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Qubodiyon
Кабодиён/Қубодиён
Qubodiyon is located in Tajikistan
Qubodiyon
Qubodiyon
Location in Tajikistan
Qubodiyon is located in Tokharistan
Qubodiyon
Qubodiyon
Qubodiyon (Tokharistan)
Coordinates: 37°24′27″N 68°11′06″E / 37.40750°N 68.18500°E / 37.40750; 68.18500
Country Tajikistan
RegionKhatlon
DistrictQubodiyon District

Qubodiyon, also Qubadiyan, ancient Kobadiyan (Russian: Кабодиён; Tajik: Қубодиён, Persian: قبادیان Qobādiyān) is a town in the Khatlon Region of Tajikistan. It is the capital of Qubodiyon District. The population of the town is 12,200 (January 2020 estimate).[1]

Qubodiyon was possibly founded by the

Hephthalite Empire, where the town possibly served as his source of revenue.[2] In the early medieval period, it was capital of the district of Kubadhiyan
.

Isma'ili scholar, traveler and one of the greatest writers in Persian literature
was born in the village in 1004 CE.

The Oxus Treasure was found near Kobadiyan.[5]

  • Kabadiyan ambassador to the Chinese court of Emperor Yuan of Liang in his capital Jingzhou in 516–520 CE, with explanatory text. Portraits of Periodical Offering of Liang, 11th century Song copy. The ambassador accompanied the Hephthalites to China.
    Kabadiyan ambassador to the Chinese court of
    Portraits of Periodical Offering of Liang, 11th century Song copy. The ambassador accompanied the Hephthalites
    to China.

References

  1. ^ "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  2. ^ Rezakhani 2017, p. 133 (note 23).
  3. ISBN 978-90-04-09419-2
    .
  4. ISBN 978-90-04-09419-2
    .
  5. ISBN 978-1-86064-590-7
    .

Sources

External links

  • Media related to Qabodiyon at Wikimedia Commons
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