Bazgir, Badakhshan

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official_name = Bazgir
other_name = Bāzgīrān
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latd= 36
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elevation_footnotes = cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= Adamec, Ludwig W.|others= |title=Historical and Political Gazeteer of Afghanistan |origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |volume=1 |date= |year=1972 |month= |publisher=Akadamische Druck-u. Verlangsanstalt |location= Graz, Austria |language= |isbn= |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages= 45|chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= ]
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Bazgir is a village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan. [cite web| url=http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp |title=NGA GeoName Database |publisher=National Geospatial Intelligence Agency |accessdate=2008-05-27] It is located on the western side of the Ishkashim Pass, roughly 5 miles from it on the western side of the valley.

It lies in a fertile area, and the inhabitants have been known to historically graze large numbers of cattle and donkeys there. There were roughly 40 houses there around 1900. When the area was under Badakhshi rule, there were no rents, with the residents instead payed with a tribute of hawks. The location derives its name from this fact.

References

External links

* [http://www.maplandia.com/afghanistan/badakhshan/bazgir Satellite map at Maplandia.com]
* [http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/mapcenter/map.aspx Search for Bazgir in the MSN Encarta atlas]