Baharak_District,_Badakhshan

Baharak District, Badakhshan

Baharak District, Badakhshan

District in Afghanistan

Baharak district is a district of Badakhshan province, Afghanistan located about 30 km southeast of Fayzabad. The capital is the city of Baharak. The district is also called Baharistan.

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Sir Aurel Stein says that Bahārak was the capital of Badakhshan before the present capital of Fayzabad.[1]

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    Innermost Asia: Detailed report of explorations in Central Asia, Kan-su and Eastern Iran, 5 vols. M. Aurel Stein. 1928. Oxford. Clarendon Press. Reprint: New Delhi. Cosmo Publications. 1981, Vol. II, p. 877.
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37°00′10″N 70°54′27″E

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