1) Tajik. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...Tajikistan and neighboring areas in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and China. 2. The Iranian language of the Tajik people, closely related to Persian. Of or relating to...
2) Tajikistan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...in its narrow, deep intermontane valleys. About 65% of the population is composed of Tajiks (also spelled Tadjiks or Tadzhiks), a Sunni Muslim people who speak a...
3) Ghazni. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...fruit. The famed Afghan sheepskin coats are made in the city. Most of the inhabitants are Tajiks. The city, named Ghazna in ancient times, was flourishing by the...
4) Faizabad, city, Afghanistan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...and the Pamir region, Faizabad also has rice and flour mills. Most of its people are Tajiks. In winter the city is sometimes isolated by deep snow. In 1979 it was...
5) Farah. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...market for the products of the surrounding agricultural region. Farah is inhabited mostly by Tajiks. Generally identified with ancient Phrada, it flourished until...
6) Herat. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...are gone, but the great earthwork of the citadel remains. Herat, whose inhabitants are mainly Tajiks, is also noted for its bazaars and its highly decorated gharries...
7) Afghanistan. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...resistance to the Taliban came from the Northern Alliance, a body dominated by ethnic Tajiks and Uzbeks. In October 2001, the United States launched attacks on the...
8) Badakhshan, province, Afghanistan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001
...Badakhshan was once part of the ancient Greek kingdom of Bactria. Many of its inhabitants are Tajiks....
9) Bukhara, emirate of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...consisted principally of Uzbeks (who remained politically dominant), Sarts, and Tajiks. Defeated by Russia in 1866, the emirate became a Russian protectorate in 1868....
10) Afghanistan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...refugees fleeing into Pakistan and Iran, regional ethnicity is still generally the same. Tajiks live around Herat and in the northeast; Uzbeks live in the north,...
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