Bazgir, Badakhshan

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Bazgir
Bāzgīr
Bāzgīrān
Bazgir (Afghanistan)
Bazgir
Bazgir
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 36°38′24″N 71°27′46″E / 36.64, 71.46278
Country Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan
Province Badakhshan Province
Elevation [1] 9,090 ft (2,771 m)
Time zone + 4.30 (UTC)

Bazgir is a village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.[2] It is located on the western side of the Ishkashim Pass, roughly 5 miles from it on the western side of the valley. [1]

It lies in a fertile area, and the inhabitants have been known to historically graze large numbers of cattle and donkeys there. There were roughly 40 houses there around 1900. When the area was under Badakhshi rule, there were no rents, with the residents instead payed with a tribute of hawks. The location derives its name from this fact.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c (1972) in Adamec, Ludwig W.: Historical and Political Gazeteer of Afghanistan 1. Graz, Austria: Akadamische Druck-u. Verlangsanstalt, 45. 
  2. ^ NGA GeoName Database. National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Retrieved on 2008-05-27.

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