Qataghan-Badakhshan Province
Qataghan-Badakhshan Province (Dari: ولایت قطغن-بدخشان) was a province located in Afghanistan. The province was originally created in 1890 when the districts of Qataghan and Badakhshan was separated from the Afghan Turkestan province. Administration of the province was assigned to the in Kabul.[1]
| Qataghan-Badakhshan Province ولایت قطغن-بدخشان (Dari) | |||||||||||||
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| Province of Afghanistan | |||||||||||||
| 1890–1963 | |||||||||||||
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• Established | 1890 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1963 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Afghanistan | ||||||||||||
In 1963 Badakhshan included the districts of Baghlan, Pul-i-Khumri, Dushi, Dahan-i-Ghori, Khan Abad, Andarab, Kunduz, Hazrat-i-Imam, and Taloqan. In 1963 Qataghan-Badakhshan Province was abolished and since then the territory was divided into four separate provinces - Badakhshan, Baghlan, Kunduz, and Takhar.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Fayz Muḥammad Katib. Siraj al-tawarıkh. V. III. . <http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0009/index.html>
- ^ Ludwig W. Adamec. Historical and political gazetteer of Afghanistan Vol. 1. Badakhshan Province and northeastern Afghanistan. Graz : Akad. Druck- und Verl.-Anst., 1972.p. 26.
Categories:
- States and territories established in 1890
- States and territories disestablished in 1963
- Subdivisions of Afghanistan
- Former provinces of Afghanistan
- History of Baghlan Province
- History of Kunduz Province
- History of Takhar Province
- History of Badakhshan Province