Turkestan Province

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Not to be confused with Russian Turkestan.

Turkestan Province (Persian: ولایت ترکستان, romanized: Wilāyat-i Turkistān) was a province in Afghanistan.

Turkestan Province
ولایت ترکستان (
Turkestani
 • TypeProvince
History 
• Established
1850
• Disestablished
Before 1946
Today part ofAfghanistan

It was located in northern Afghanistan in the region still known as Afghan Turkestan. In 1890, Qataghan-Badakhshan Province was separated from Turkestan Province. It is present in an administrative map of 1929,[1] but was abolished by the time of the 1946 population census.[2]

From its founding in 1850 until 1854,

Takhtapul.[3][4] It would remain the capital until the governor Muhammad 'Alam Khan transitioned to Mazar-i-Sharif between July 1869 and 1873/74.[5]

Political administration

In the 19th century, Afghan Turkestan was governed by a governor (hakim) appointed by the Amir.[6] Below is a list of governors of Afghan Turkestan.

  • Sardar Mohammad Akram Khan - 1850 - 1852
  • Sardar Mohammad Afzal Khan - 1852 - 1864
  • Sardar Fath Mohammad Khan - 1864 - 1865
  • Fayz Mohammad Khan - 1865 - 1867
  • Naib Muhammad Alam Khan - 1868 - 1876[7]
  • Shahghasi Sherdil Loynab Khan - 1876 -1878
  • Sardar Abdul Wahab Khan - 1911 - 1919[8]

Subdivisions

In 1886 the administrative divisions of Afghan Turkestan were as follows:[9]

  1. Mazar-i Sharif (with the districts of Shor Tapa, Boinkara, Kishindi, Aq Kupruk, Tunj
  2. Balkh (directly administered by the Sardar of Turkistan)
  3. Aqcha (with the districts of Khwaja Salar and Dawlatabad)
  4. Tashkorgan (with the districts of Pir Nakchir and Ghaznigak)
  5. Sheberghan
  6. Andkhui
  7. Aybak
  8. Dara-i Suf
  9. Doab
  10. Saighan and Kahmard
  11. Balkh-ab (high up the Band-i Amir river)
  12. Sangcharak
  13. Sar-i Pol
  14. Maimana

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9781558761551
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  2. ^ "Afghanistan Provinces". www.statoids.com. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
  3. Encyclopaedia Iranica
    . Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  4. Encyclopaedia Iranica
    . Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  5. ISBN 978-1-4008-6196-5
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  6. ^ Christine Noelle. State and tribe in nineteenth-century Afghanistan: the reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863). Routledge, 1997. pp. 101
  7. ISBN 978-90-04-10399-3
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  8. ISBN 978-3-201-00921-8
    .
  9. ISBN 978-3-201-01089-4
    .

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