Rasht Valley
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The Rasht Valley (
Emomalii Rahmon and became the site of numerous battles. Notably, four members of the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan were murdered in the Garm district in 1998.[1]
From the 1920s until 1955 the Rasht Valley was within the Gharm Oblast.
History
Karotegin is the historic name of the Rasht Valley and a historic political region in pre-
Garmi ethnic group. Karotegin frequently appears in its alternative spellings, Qaratagin, Qarategin, Qaratigin, Karategin, Karatigin and Karateghin,[2] in literature from the 1990s and earlier. Karategin was an independent region in Central Asia for many centuries. The native princes, who claimed to be descended from Alexander the Great, were independent until 1868, although their allegiance was claimed in an ineffective way by Kokand. The Emirate of Bukhara took advantage of internal political feuds and conquered the region, along with Darvaz, in 1877.[2]
The Karotegin consisted of a highland district bounded on the north by
Jirgatol district of Tajikistan. Historically it was difficult for the people of the Karotegin to communicate with neighboring lands except between the months of May and September.[2]
The 1949 Khait earthquake resulted in the Khait landslide, which killed over 30,000 people.[3]
Karategin-Kyrgyz Confederation
The Karategin-Kyrgyz Confederation is a Kyrgyz-led tribal alliance established in the Karategin province of Tajikistan. Twelve thousand Kyrgyz families previously living in the Karakurum and Kerulen regions of Mongolia had come to the Karategin region in the 16th century.
Background
On January 12, 1636, a group of twelve Kyrgyz
Kulob. During that time Dormon Uzbeks lived in the city, but they lost the war and fled to Balkh, Afghanistan. The Kyrgyzs have expanded their territory far into the northern boundaries of Afghanistan.[4]
References
- ^ "1998 Global Terrorism: Eurasia Overview".
- ^ a b c Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 677.
- JSTOR 3674137.
- ^ Кыргыздардын жана Кыргызстандын тарыхый булактары. II т. Бишкек [Historical sources of the Kyrgyz and Kyrgyzstan. Vol. 2, Bishkek], 2003. – 229-231-б.