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This article has been extracted from <br/>

THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.<br/>

OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.
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''Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value. ''
	
=Tashkurghan=

Town in Afghan-Turkistan, situated in 36° 42'' N. 
and 67° 41' E. ; 1,495 f^et above the sea. It is the largest and richest 
place in the province, and the principal trade mart between Central 
Asia and Kabul. It is practically unwalled, though it possesses an 
Ark or citadel. Like Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital, it is rather 
a mass of inhabited orchards than an ordinary town ; and the ground 
it covers (5 or 6 miles by 2 or 3 miles) is enormous compared with the 
population, which consists of not more than 4,000 families, chiefly 
Uzbegs and Tajiks. There are from 450 to 500 shops. The streets 
are only 10 or 12 feet wide, but are fairly straight, intersecting each 
other at right angles. The houses are mostly domed, though wood is 
fairly plentiful, there being many chindrs and poplars, as well as fruit 
trees, in the vicinity. Drinking-water is obtained from the Tashkur- 
ghan river, by covered conduits, which take off above the town. The 
grain production of Tashkurghan is small ; there is abundance of 
excellent land, but not enough water to irrigate it. Fruit and vege- 
tables are plentiful, and immense numbers of sheep are pastured in the 
surrounding country. I'ashkurghan is the head-quarters of a district of 
the same name.