- Source: Turkestan Province
Turkestan Province (Persian: ولایت ترکستان, romanized: Wilāyat-i Turkistān) was a province in Afghanistan.
It was located in northern Afghanistan in the region still known as Afghan Turkestan. In 1890, Qataghan-Badakhshan Province was separated from Turkestan Province. It is present in an administrative map of 1929, but was abolished by the time of the 1946 population census.
From its founding in 1850 until 1854, Balkh was the capital of the province. However, the city of Balkh was deprecated and in ruins. As a result, in 1854 the capital was moved by Muhammad Afzal Khan to Takhtapul. It would remain the capital until the governor Muhammad 'Alam Khan transitioned to Mazar-i-Sharif between July 1869 and 1873/74.
Political administration
In the 19th century, Afghan Turkestan was governed by a governor (hakim) appointed by the Amir. Below is a list of governors of Afghan Turkestan.
Sardar Mohammad Akram Khan - 1850 - 1852
Sardar Mohammad Afzal Khan - 1852 - 1864
Sardar Fath Mohammad Khan - 1864 - 1865
Fayz Mohammad Khan - 1865 - 1867
Naib Muhammad Alam Khan - 1868 - 1876
Shahghasi Sherdil Loynab Khan - 1876 -1878
Sardar Abdul Wahab Khan - 1911 - 1919
Subdivisions
In 1886 the administrative divisions of Afghan Turkestan were as follows:
Mazar-i Sharif (with the districts of Shor Tapa, Boinkara, Kishindi, Aq Kupruk, Tunj
Balkh (directly administered by the Sardar of Turkistan)
Aqcha (with the districts of Khwaja Salar and Dawlatabad)
Tashkorgan (with the districts of Pir Nakchir and Ghaznigak)
Sheberghan
Andkhui
Aybak
Dara-i Suf
Doab
Saighan and Kahmard
Balkh-ab (high up the Band-i Amir river)
Sangcharak
Sar-i Pol
Maimana
See also
Afghan Turkestan
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Turkestan Timur (wilayah)
- Republik Turkestan Timur Kedua
- Gerakan kemerdekaan Turkestan Timur
- Konflik Xinjiang
- Distrik di Kazakhstan
- Tejen
- Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
- Aurel Stein
- Sejarah Xinjiang
- Migrasi ke Xinjiang
- Turkestan Province
- Afghan Turkestan
- East Turkestan
- Turkestan (disambiguation)
- Russian Turkestan
- Provinces of Afghanistan
- Second East Turkestan Republic
- First East Turkestan Republic
- East Turkestan independence movement
- Xinjiang Province, Republic of China
