Wakhan Mirdom
Mirdom of Wakhan | |
|---|---|
| Capital | Qala-i-Panjah |
| Common languages | Persian Wakhi Kyrgyz |
| Ethnic groups | Wakhi people, Kyrgyz |
| Religion | Isma'ilism (majority) Sunni Islam (minority, mostly among the Kyrgyz) |
| Demonym | Wakhi |
| Government | Principality |
• 1740–1775 | Jahan Khan |
• 1775–1838 | Muhammad Rahim Beg |
• 1838–1842 | Shah Turai |
• 1842–1856 | Fath 'Ali Shah (first reign) |
• 1856–1864 | Shah Mir Beg |
• 1864 – January 1875 | Fath 'Ali Shah (second reign) |
• January 1875 – 14 August 1883 | 'Ali Mardan Khan (first reign) |
• September – Winter 1888 | 'Ali Mardan Khan (second reign) |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 6,000 (1880) |
| Today part of | Afghanistan Tajikistan |
The Mirdom of Wakhan (Persian: میری گری واخان, romanized: Mīrīgarī-yi Wakhān), Principality of Wakhan (Persian: شاهزادهنشین واخان, romanized: Shāhzādanishīn-ī Wākhān), or the Khanate of Wakhan (Persian: خانات واخان, romanized: Khānāt-e Wakhān) was a semi-independent Wakhi principality in Central Asia that existed until 1883. It controlled both banks of the Upper Amu Darya and was governed by a hereditary chieftain known as a mir, with its capital at Qala-i-Panjah.