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	Tajik-land
		The land of Tajiks, as an Indo-European speaking people, is in the territory known since ancient times as Bactria, Maverannahr, the Parthian Kingdom and the Kingdom of Kharazm, the Kingdom of the Samanids and the states of Seleucids, Tamerlane, the Bukhara Emirate and the Kokand (Qoqand) Khanate once flourished in this region.
		Tajiks in Uzbekistan are settled in the valleys of rivers Zerafshan, Shirbadarya, Fergana valley (all around: Chust, Kasansoy, Marghilan), Sorkh (to the south from Kokand), Jizzakh province, on the right inflows of the river Surkhandarya, Chorvok area, in the upper Kashkadarya, Burjmolla, Sukh enclave, Khiva and other areas.
		Tajiks are the majority of population in cities Samarkand and Bukhara.
	www.geocities.com /tajikland/index.html (859 words)

	People In Our Community
		The major part of its population are Tajik people that outnumber in all regions of the country.
		Uzbek people (15% of population of Tajikistan) inhabit mainly northern and southern reagions of the Republic.
		Rise of Russian and Ukranian people in the territory of modern Tajikistan (first in Kujand and Ura-Tyube cities which till 1866 were under the government of Kakand khanate) is related to 1970s of last century and to inclusion of Tajikistan into Russian empire.
	www.schoolsonline.org /dushanbe/en/people_in_our_community.htm (642 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Tajik people
		Tajiks are the principal ethnic group in most of Tajikistan, as well as in northeastern Afghanistan and the Afghan cities of Kabul, Mazar-e-Sharif, and Herat.
		Tajiks also dominate the populations of the cities of Bukhara and Samarqand in Uzbekistan, and are found in large numbers in the Surkhandarya region of southern Uzbekistan, and in the eastern part of that country, along its border with Tajikistan.
		Tajiks in Uzbekistan are settled in the valleys of rivers Zerafshan, Shirbadarya, Fergana valley (all around: Chust, Kasansoy, Marghilan), Sorkh (to the south from Kokand), Jizzakh province, on the right inflows of the river Surkhandarya, Chorvok area, in the upper Kashkadarya, Burjmolla, Sukh enclave, Khiva and other areas.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tajik-people (990 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Tajikistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The major ethnic group is the Tajik, although there is a sizeable minority of Uzbeks, and a small population of Russians, whose numbers are declining due to emigration.
		Although the Tajik and Uzbek are now classified as separate ethnic groups, on account of their languages, this is a relatively new phenomenon and originates from the conquest of Central Asia by the Russian Empire in the 19th century.
		Historically, a lot of Tajik culture ties it to the Persian past of the region, and Persian writers, scientists and poets such as Ibn Sina, Firdausi, Rudaki, and Omar Khayyám are especially revered.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Tajikistan (2500 words)

	Tajik
		Tajiks are the principal ethnic group in most of Tajikistan, in northeastern Afghanistan and in the cities of Kabul, Mazar-e-Sharif, and Herat.
		The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the second half of the 19th century, but Tsarist Russia's hold on Central Asia was weak until the Soviet regime finally established firm control over the area by 1925.
		Tajik is an inflected language, i.e., it adds prefixes and suffixes to roots to express grammatical categories and to form words.
	www.nvtc.gov /lotw/months/february/Tajik.html (1371 words)

	People's Daily Online The Tajik ethnic minority
		The Tajik spring festival, which falls in March, marks the beginning of a new year, which is the most important occasion for the Tajik people.
		So, the Tajik people who had lived in various areas of Xinjiang and those who had moved from the western Pamirs to settle in Taxkorgan at different times were ancestors of the present-day Tajik ethnic group in China.
		Poverty-stricken under heavy exploitation, the Tajik people were unable to make a decent living, and widespread diseases reduced their population to just about 7,000 when Xinjiang was liberated in December 1949.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /data/minorities/Tajik.html (2220 words)

	Zoroaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmonov successfully encouraged UNESCO to declare 2002-2003 the third millennium since Zoroaster's birth, and in his book, The Tajiks in the Mirror of History, he claimed that Zoroaster was a Tajik from Bactria.
		The habit has been preserved prohibiting the killing of animals when they are pregnant and the cutting of trees in blossom.
		The fumes of some fragrant herbs are still used to keep away sickness and the force of evil.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zoroaster (2955 words)

	Joshua Project - Afghani Tajik of Afghanistan Ethnic People Profile
		Because large Tajik families are close-knit, city-dwellers are known to maintain close ties with their relatives in the countryside.
		Tajik society is male dominated, but women have known less public restriction in the workplace and society (except under Taliban rule) than women in other Muslim groups.
		People group population figures are now maintained as a percentage of the national population.
	www.joshuaproject.net /peopctry.php (1355 words)

	Emomali Rahmonov
		It shows the views of the leader of the Tajik people and the aspiration and belief of the people of Tajikistan.
		Latter on, when studying the Tajiks by B, Gafurov, especially the chapters of the book devoted to ancient historical events, I was repeatedly impressed by the humanistic essence and wisdom of Zarathushtra's teaching.
		The fact that the Assyrian people liked the two humped camels and used them in their daily work can be confirmed by an engraving, dating back to the time of King Shalmaneser (ninth century BCE), depicting a two-humped camel being sacrificed to the king.
	www.ahura.homestead.com /files/IranZaminEight/Emomali_Rahmonov2.htm (3197 words)

	Tajikistan travels
		Such is the plight of many older people in Tajikistan that their very being is eroded by malnutrition, poor health care, and absent families who endure the often maltreated life of migrant workers in Russia.
		The group of young people are gathered to meet are animated in their enthusiasm for the scheme, and describe have how through it they have grown in self confidence.
		People have also been moved there by the government and there are strong claims that the Government has reneged on promises of housing, potable water, land grants, and other social services (see this US report, section 1f).
	nightingalesangatwcc.typepad.com /tajikistan (15348 words)

	Tajik Minority - Chinese Nationalities
		The Tajik ethnic group has a population of 45,000, of which 60% live in Tashi Ku'ergan Tajik Autonomous County, while others live in South Xinjiang.
		To Tajiks, the best and most impressive present for festivals is always pure white wheat flour.
		A Tajik herdsman hands gnarled by years of roping horses, seems soothed by the sound of his own music, Sheepskin tambourines, souna horns, and long-necked dutars also lend exotic sounds to Kashgar.
	www.paulnoll.com /China/Minorities/min-Tajik.html (405 words)

	The Customs Of Tajik People
		The Tajik people mostly live in southwestern part of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and are closely related to the Uygur people of that area.
		To Tajiks, breaking up the family and living apart is unthinkable, and such a separation would be considered a major disaster.
		Tajiks in other areas now have separate rooms for smaller family units within the bigger family.
	www.china-window.com /china_culture/folk_custom/the-customs-of-tajik-peop.shtml (401 words)

	Tajikistan
		Contemporary Tajiks are the descendants of ancient Eastern Iranian inhabitants of Central Asia, in particular the Soghdians and the Bactrians, and possibly other groups, with an admixture of western Iranian Persians and non-Iranian peoples, Mongols, and Turkic peoples.
		The current Tajik Republic hearkens back to the Samanid Empire (A.D. 875-999), which ruled what is now Tajikistan as well as territory to the south and west, as their role model and name for their currency.
		By 1997, the predominantly Kulyabi-led Tajik Government and the UTO successfully negotiated a powersharing peace accord and implemented it by 2000.
	www.infoplease.com /country/profiles/tajikistan.html (1652 words)

	Travel Tajikistan - Languages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Tajik people speak Tajiki, a dialect of Persian.
		The republic's third language is Uzbek, spoken by the quarter of the population who are ethnic Uzbek, and also by many Tajiks.
		In the Pamirs, there are many tribal groups who have their own languages, also in the Persian language group, but not mutually intelligible with Tajiki.
	www.traveltajikistan.com /language (112 words)

	Tajik Artists
		When I arrived in Dushanbe, the capital of the country, the initial shock was immense, it was a distant and new world for me! I soon came to know some local people and my life started to change.
		These locals were artists working in the “khudojnik colonia” (Russian for “Colony of artists”) and it was in their studios where I really started to know, understand, and appreciate the Tajik people.
		For it was through their art that I started to understand these wonderful people.
	www.tajikart.com (254 words)

	Aria IT Group :: Welcome
		Our business activities in last two decades, have made us one of the Pioneer IT Companies in the region.
		Our business strength lies in the biggest community of Online Persian (Iranian, Afghan and Tajik People) users.
		We know the market's needs properly and we prepare carefully to serve our customers.
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	Durrani Empire
		Prominent individuals are: Literature: Ibn Sina (Avicenna), one of the greatest philosophers and scientists in history - Tajik Jalaundin-e-Rumi, one of the greatest Persian poets - Tajik Khushal Khan Khattak, the greatest Pashtun poet - Pashtun Abdur Rahman...
		Main article: Demographics of Afghanistan The population of Afghanistan is divided into a wide variety of ethnic groups largely composed of Iranian and Turkic peoples.
		Because a systematic census has not been held in the country in decades, exact figures about the size and composition of the various ethnic groups are not available.[13] Therefore most figures are approximations only.
	www.experiencefestival.com /durrani_empire (1181 words)

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	www.aboutcoffin.com /aztecburialcustoms (1583 words)

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