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Sarykol (lake)
Sarikol, Sariqol, or Sarykol from Turkic languages meaning "yellow lake" may refer to: * Sarikol Range, a mountain range on the border with Tajikistan and China * Tashkurgan, a town in Xinjiang, China that historically was also known as Sarikol * Sarikol kingdom, a historical kingdom of the Pamir Mountains, mentioned in Chinese records, whose capital was at Tashkurgan * Sarikoli language, a Pamir language * Tajiks of Xinjiang, who are also known as Sarikolis * Sarykol District, a district of Kostanay Province in northern Kazakhstan * Zorkul Zorkul (; ; ) is a lake in the Pamir Mountains that runs along the border between the Wakhan District in Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan and the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region of Tajikistan. It is part of both the Wakhan National Park of ..., a lake in the Pamir Mountains formerly known as Lake Sarikol See also * Tashkurgan (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarikol Range
The Sarikol Range (; zh, s=萨雷阔勒岭, 色勒库尔山脉; ) is a mountain range in the Pamirs on the border of Tajikistan and the People's Republic of China. Etymology The mountain range is named for the Sarikol River at its foot, the name of which comes from the Kyrgyz , which is composed of , and , meaning "yellow river". In this toponym, the word , originates neither from the Kyrgyz , nor from the Kyrgyz , but rather from the Mongolian . The name has also been used to describe the local people who are historically known as Sarikolis; the local Sarikoli language, and the town of Tashkurgan, which was historically known as Sarikol. Geography The range divides Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province and China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and it runs parallel with the Muztagh Range to the east. The range extends from the Markansu River in the north to the Beyik Pass in the south. Its average elevation is roughly and the highest point in the range i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tashkurgan
Tashkurgan, historically known as Sarikol and Shitoucheng, is a town in the far west of China, close to the country's border with Tajikistan. It is seat of Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, in the autonomous region of Xinjiang. Tajiksethnic Pamiris who live in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiangmake up a little over half of Tashkurgan's population. Tashkurgan was a significant stop on the Silk Road, with roads leading to major centers of trade such as Kashgar. It also served as the capital of a number of ancient and pre-modern kingdoms. Etymology The town is named after a stone fortress to its north; Tashkurgan accordingly means "stone fortress" in the Turkic languages. The official English spelling (per the Chinese government) of the name is ''Taxkorgan'', while ''Tashkorgan'' appears occasionally in literature. The historical Chinese name for the town was ''Shitoucheng'' (), which literally means "stone city" in the context of a fortified city. The town was also historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarikol Kingdom
Tashkurgan, historically known as Sarikol and Shitoucheng, is a town in the far west of China, close to the country's border with Tajikistan. It is seat of Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, in the autonomous region of Xinjiang. Tajiksethnic Pamiris who live in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiangmake up a little over half of Tashkurgan's population. Tashkurgan was a significant stop on the Silk Road, with roads leading to major centers of trade such as Kashgar. It also served as the capital of a number of ancient and pre-modern kingdoms. Etymology The town is named after a stone fortress to its north; Tashkurgan accordingly means "stone fortress" in the Turkic languages. The official English spelling (per the Chinese government) of the name is ''Taxkorgan'', while ''Tashkorgan'' appears occasionally in literature. The historical Chinese name for the town was ''Shitoucheng'' (), which literally means "stone city" in the context of a fortified city. The town was also historically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarikoli Language
The Sarikoli language (also Sariqoli, Selekur, Sarikul, Sariqul, Sariköli) is a member of the Pamir subgroup of the Southeastern Iranian languages spoken by the Pamiris in Xinjiang, China and Chitral, Pakistan. It is officially referred to in China as the "Tajik language", although it is different from the related Iranian language spoken in Tajikistan, which is a dialect of Persian. Nomenclature Sarikoli is officially referred to as "Tajik" ( zh, 塔吉克语, ''Tǎjíkèyǔ'') in China. However, it is distantly related to Tajik (a form of Persian) as spoken in Tajikistan because Sarikoli is an Eastern Iranian language, closely related to other Pamir languages largely spoken in the Badakhshan regions of Tajikistan and Afghanistan, whereas Persian is a Western Iranian language and the official language of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, having historically been the most dominant Iranian language. It is also referred to as Tashkorghani, after the ancient capital of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tajiks Of Xinjiang
Tajiks (; ; also spelled ''Tadzhiks'' or ''Tadjiks'') is the name of various Persian-speaking Eastern Iranian groups of people native to Central Asia, living primarily in Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Even though the term ''Tajik'' does not refer to a cohesive cross-national ethnic group,Nourzhanov, K., & Bleuer, C. (2013). Forging Tajik Identity: Ethnic Origins, National–Territorial Delimitation and Nationalism. In Tajikistan: A Political and Social History (pp. 27–50). ANU Press. Link/ref> Tajiks are the largest ethnicity in Tajikistan, and the second-largest in both Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. They speak variations of Persian, a west Iranian language. In Tajikistan, since the 1939 Soviet census, its small Pamiri and Yaghnobi ethnic groups are included as Tajiks. In China, the term is used to refer to its Pamiri ethnic groups, the Tajiks of Xinjiang, who speak the Eastern Iranian Pamiri languages. In Afghanistan, the Pamiris are considered a separate ethn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarykol District
Sarykol (, ) is a district of Kostanay Region in northern Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th .... The administrative center of the district is the urban-type settlement of Sarykol. Population: References Districts of Kazakhstan Kostanay Region {{KostanayRegion-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zorkul
Zorkul (; ; ) is a lake in the Pamir Mountains that runs along the border between the Wakhan District in Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan and the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region of Tajikistan. It is part of both the Wakhan National Park of Afghanistan and the Tajik National Park. Geography Lake Zorkul extends east to west for about . The Afghanistan–Tajikistan border runs along the lake from east to west, turning south towards Concord Peak (), about south of the lake. The lake's northern part lies in Gorno-Badakhshan where it is protected as part of the Zorkul Nature Reserve. Out of the lake, towards the west, flows the Pamir River, tracing the Afghan–Tajik border. It is therefore a source of the Amu Darya (Amu River). The Great Pamir extends to the south of the lake. History The lake is on the path of the Silk Road. It was referred to as "Great Dragon Pool" () in Chinese historical records. The territory was conquered by Ahmad Shah Durrani in 1750 and bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
