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Farghāna
(20,861 words)
Farghāna, also
Fergana,
Ferghana or
Pargāna, refers to the vast mountain valley system and the eponymous capital city of Farghāna province in modern Uzbekistan.Introduction
Etymology and Nomenclature The name ‘Farghāna’ is derived from the word ‘Pargāna
’ (or ‘Pragna’) meaning ‘a small mountainous place’ or ‘mountain valley’ (Bernshtam, 7). It has also been suggested that ‘Pargāna’ is cognate with the name of a tribe from the Scythian Parikan confederation, the largest tribal confederation in the central part of the Far…
Source:
Encyclopaedia Islamica
Date:
2021-06-17
