.png) A Karategin Uzbek in 1924 | |
| Total population | |
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| >100.000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Afghanistan | |
| Languages | |
| Southern Uzbek | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Turkic peoples |
The Karategin Uzbeks (formerly known as Dormon Uzbeks) are a Karluk-Turkic ethnic group, indigenous to Karategin, Tajikistan, but now living in the regions between Balkh and Kabul, in North Afghanistan. In the 16th century they were expelled by the Kyrgyz to their present homeland.
Name
See also: Rasht Valley § Karategin-Kyrgyz ConfederationThe name Karategin derives from the historical region of Karategin, in Tajikistan. Before the Kyrgyz had expanded to the southern regions of Fergana, Kulob and Balkh, the Karategin Uzbeks (formerly known as Dormon Uzbeks) used to live there.
Sources
- Bukinich Dmitry, N. I. Vavilov's expedition to Afghanistan (1924), . 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 , 2003. – pp. 221-238-б.
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