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    Afghan Turkestan,a region in northern Afghanistan, on the border with the former Soviet republics of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. In the...
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    Turkestan is primarily inhabited by Turkic peoples, as well as Russian and Tajik-Persian minorities. Turkestan is subdivided into Afghan Turkestan, Russian...
    19 KB (2,174 words) - 23:25, 26 March 2025
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    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...
    5 KB (464 words) - 15:42, 3 January 2025
  • Turkmen. Afghan Tatars claim descent from Tatar nomads who joined the Golden Horde and came to Afghanistan, first settling in Afghan Turkestan. They live...
    7 KB (703 words) - 17:41, 6 March 2025
  • The Afghan Turkestan Campaign of 1838-39 began in the winter of 1838 and ended in March 1839. The campaign was sent as a result of the tyranny of the Kunduz...
    6 KB (681 words) - 19:09, 2 January 2025
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    Turkmens were already present in Afghan Turkestan. Turkmen tribes, of which there are twelve major groups in Afghanistan, base their structure on genealogies...
    7 KB (699 words) - 04:54, 17 March 2025
  • colonization of northern Afghanistan allowed Abdur Rahman Khan to strengthen his rule over the non-Pashtun lands in Afghan Turkestan. In addition to this...
    9 KB (949 words) - 11:06, 3 February 2025
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    Chinese Turkestan (or Chinese Turkistan), similar to the name Russian Turkestan which was controlled by the Russian Empire and Afghan Turkestan in northern...
    6 KB (645 words) - 15:55, 23 February 2025
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    East Turkestan or East Turkistan (Uyghur: شەرقىي تۈركىستان, ULY: Sherqiy Türkistan, UKY: Шәрқий Туркистан), also called Uyghuristan (Uyghur: ئۇيغۇرىستان...
    46 KB (4,978 words) - 14:43, 13 March 2025
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    this, over 15,000 Afghan soldiers were present in Afghan Turkestan, which Sher Ali began preparing to assemble more men across Afghanistan. Sher Ali also...
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  • exchange for supporting his march on the Afghan capital. However, he had been the governor of Afghan Turkestan for quite some time and in fact was the...
    22 KB (3,006 words) - 08:30, 25 February 2025
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    Nine of them being centered in India, three in Khorasan, and three in Afghan Turkestan. Having rarely lost a battle, historians widely recognize Ahmad Shah...
    116 KB (15,275 words) - 08:13, 30 March 2025
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    Southern Turkestan Movement is a militant group that seeks independence for the Turkic tribesmen in the region of Southern Turkestan in Afghanistan. The group...
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  • Russian Turkestan, a region in Russia Chinese Turkestan or East Turkestan, a region in China Afghan Turkestan, a region in Afghanistan Turkestan Province...
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    After being annexed by Afghanistan, Badakhshan was joined with Qataghan to create the Badakhshan-Qataghan district in Afghan Turkestan Province. Eventually...
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    Durrani Empire (redirect from Afghan Empire)
    The Durrani Empire, colloquially known as the Afghan Empire, or the Sadozai Kingdom, was an Afghan empire founded by the Durrani tribe of Pashtuns under...
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    Berlin: Das Arabische Buch, 1988 Jarring, Gunnar. Uzbek Texts from Afghan Turkestan, with Glossary. Lund: Lunds Universitets Arsskrift, 1938 Schmidt-Hori...
    39 KB (4,851 words) - 22:40, 12 March 2025
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    ethnic motives. Influenced by the success of the Afghan mujahideen against the Soviets in the Soviet–Afghan War, the ETIP (which changed its name to the TIP...
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    Great Game (category 19th century in Afghanistan)
    Samarkand in 1868. Russia's influence now extended to outlying regions of Afghan Turkestan. The second campaign started from the Caspian Sea and was in the direction...
    160 KB (18,682 words) - 08:16, 20 February 2025
  • Muhammad Murad Beg (category 19th-century Afghan people)
    Beg was his dewan. He lost a war against Dost Mohammad Khan in the Afghan Turkestan Campaign of 1838-39, ultimately resulting in the decline of his power...
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