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HistoryofIran (talk | contribs) rv, WP:NOTHERE. Hamdallah Mustawfi is a primary source (who probably got misused too), and Mousavi (which conveniently only the socks of User:Iampharzad also used) does not mention anything on page 39. This is a WP:TENDENTIOUS attempt at saying Gharchistan = Hazara land, even though the Hazara first emerged centuries later after the Mongols. Tag: Manual revert |
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{{Short description|Medieval region of northwestern Afghanistan}} |
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'''Gharchistan''' or '''Gharjistan''' ( |
'''Gharchistan''' or '''Gharjistan''' ([[Pashto]]: غرجستان) was a medieval region on the north bank of the [[Murghab River]], lying to the east of [[Herat]] and north of [[Hari River, Afghanistan|Hari River]].{{sfn|Lewis|1991}} |
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The Arab geographer [[Al-Maqdisi|Maqdesi]] ({{circa}} 945/946–991) named [[Hazarajat]] as "Gharjistan" or "Gharj Al-Shar" ("Gharj" meaning "mountain") area ruled by chiefs.<ref>Ḥamd-Allah Mostawfi, Nozhat al-qolub, tr. [[Guy Le Strange]], London 1919. pp 415–16</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=w1eaQgAACAAJ&q=the+hazaras+of+afghanistan S. A. Mousavi, The Hazaras of Afghanistan, London, 1998, p. 39.]</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 22:58, 2 May 2024
Gharchistan or Gharjistan (Pashto: غرجستان) was a medieval region on the north bank of the Murghab River, lying to the east of Herat and north of Hari River.[1]
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Sources
- Lewis, Bernard (1991). "Ghardjistān". The Encyclopedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume II: C-G. Leiden and New York: BRILL. pp. 1010–1011. ISBN 90-04-07026-5.
- Bosworth, C. E. (1975). "The early Ghaznavids". In Frye, R. N. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 162–198. ISBN 0-521-20093-8.