The Karategin Uzbeks (formerly known as Dormon Uzbeks) are a
Karluk-
Turkic ethnic group, indigenous to
Karategin
The Rasht Valley (; ) is located in Tajikistan and composes a significant portion of the Region of Republican Subordination, including the five districts of Lakhsh, Rasht, Tavildara now Sangvor, Tajikobod and Nurabad. Historically the Rash ...
,
Tajikistan
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, but now living in the regions between
Balkh
Balkh is a town in the Balkh Province of Afghanistan. It is located approximately to the northwest of the provincial capital city Mazar-i-Sharif and approximately to the south of the Amu Darya and the Afghanistan–Uzbekistan border. In 2021 ...
and
Kabul
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, in North
Afghanistan
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. In the 16th century they were expelled by the
Kyrgyz to their present homeland.
Name
The name Karategin derives from the historical region of
Karategin
The Rasht Valley (; ) is located in Tajikistan and composes a significant portion of the Region of Republican Subordination, including the five districts of Lakhsh, Rasht, Tavildara now Sangvor, Tajikobod and Nurabad. Historically the Rash ...
, in
Tajikistan
Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...
. Before the Kyrgyz had expanded to the southern regions of
Fergana
Fergana ( uz-Latn-Cyrl, Fargʻona, Фарғона, ), () or Ferghana, also Farghana is a district-level city and the capital of Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan. Fergana is about 320 km east of Tashkent, about 75 km southwest of A ...
,
Kulob
Kulob or Khatlon is a city in Khatlon Region in southern Tajikistan. Located southeast of the capital Dushanbe on the river Yakhsu (a right tributary of Panj), it is one of the largest cities in the country. Its population is estimated at 106 ...
and
Balkh
Balkh is a town in the Balkh Province of Afghanistan. It is located approximately to the northwest of the provincial capital city Mazar-i-Sharif and approximately to the south of the Amu Darya and the Afghanistan–Uzbekistan border. In 2021 ...
, the Karategin Uzbeks (formerly known as Dormon Uzbeks) used to live there.
Sources
Bukinich Dmitry N. I. Vavilov's expedition to Afghanistan (1924)
'Institute of Plant Industry, The Institute of Applied Botany (Leningrad) sent an expedition to Afghanistan in 1924, consisting of the director of the Institute, Prof. N. I. Vavilov, the engineer-agronomist, D. D. Bukinich, and the agronomist, V. N. Lebedev.
During this period, the Karategin Uzbeks were recorded in the context of Anthropological fieldwork for the first time.]
* Кыргыздардын жана Кыргызстандын тарыхый булактары. II т. Бишкек
istorical sources of the Kyrgyz and Kyrgyzstan. Vol. 2, Bishkek 2003. – pp. 221-238-б.
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