Kâsânsây also spelled as Kasansay (; ; ) or simply, Kasan, (ancient Kathan or Great Kushan empire) is a city in
Namangan Region
Namangan Region (/Наманган вилояти, نمنگن ولايتى; , ''Namanganskaya oblast'') is one of the regions of Uzbekistan, located in the southern part of the Fergana Valley in far eastern part of the country. It is on the righ ...
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Uzbekistan
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. It is the seat of
Kasansay District.
Kasansay is named after the River "Kasan" which flows from high mountains of Kyrgyzstan to
Turakurgan District (Namangan Region), the word "soy" in
from sugdian-tajik and means a "brook".
History
Kosonsoy is an ancient place, this city was a capital of the Kushan Empire. Its first settlements date back to the times of the
Kushan Empire
The Kushan Empire (– CE) was a Syncretism, syncretic empire formed by the Yuezhi in the Bactrian territories in the early 1st century. It spread to encompass much of what is now Afghanistan, Eastern Iran, India, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbe ...
. The word "koson" derives from the word Kushan. Kosonsoy was an essential part of Kushan Empire together with ancient city
Akhsikent, near
Namangan
Namangan is a district-level city in eastern Uzbekistan. It is the administrative, economic, and cultural center of Namangan Region. Namangan is located in the northern edge of the Fergana Valley, less than 30 km from the Kyrgyzstan border ...
city. There are still remains of ancient Mug Castle of Kushanids in the north part of the city. In other books is written that "koson" means "big town" or "strong castle".
Population
Kasansay has a population of over 270 000 (2023).
A vast majority of population in Kasansay are
Persian speaking Tajiks(about above 230 000).
Education
There are five Secondary Special Education Colleges (SSEC) and one Academic Lyceum in Kosonsoy. SSECs include medical college, pedagogical college, transport and communication college, technical college and a few others. There are above 50 secondary schools in Kasansay, including many Tajik schools and one Russian and Uzbek schools.
Environment
Kosonsoy is a mountainous place, and the mountain is as close as 3 km to the centre of district. The river Kosonsoy divides the city into two parts.
Prominent people
Ahmad Kasani, a prominent Muslim scholar/scientist/poet, was born in Kasansay, the street of Makhdumi Azam was named after him and there is monument of Makhdumi Azam near the bank of Kasan River, completed in September 2007
Boborahim Mashrab (Shoh Mashrab) was taught by Offokkhoja and he was Mashrab's religion teacher
References
{{Namangan Region
Populated places in Namangan Region
Cities in Uzbekistan