Kulob
Kulob (Tajik: Кӯлоб, Kûlob/Kūloв), an aa Kulab or Kulyab (Roushie: Куляб), is a ceety in Kulob district, Khatlon Province, Tajikistan. Locatit 203 km sooth-east o the caipital Dushanbe on the Yakhsu River (a right tributary o Panj), it is ane o the lairgest ceeties in the kinntra (pop. 100,000 in 2006).
History
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Pairt o the Khanate o Bukhara syne the 16t century (the Emirate o Bukhara syne the 18t century), the ceety changed its name frae Khatlon tae Kulob in 1750.[1] In 1921, efter the faw o the Bukhara Emirate, Soviet rule wis established in Kulob an the ceety became an industrial center during the Soviet era.
In September 2006 Kulob celebratit its 2700t anniversary.[2][3] Shabnam Soraya sang a tribute tae the ceety at the celebrations.[4] Kay-Khotloni last keeng o the Khotlon wis on military servis o Amir Timyr during Afghanistan companies.
Notable fowk
[eedit | eedit soorce]Kulob is the birthplace o the current Preses o Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, Canadian media entrepreneur Moses Znaimer, an popular Tajik singers Manija Davlatova an Shabnam Soraya.
Sister ceeties
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Coordinates: 37°54′33″N 69°46′55″E / 37.90917°N 69.78194°E The main tie atween Hamedan an Kulob is bacause of MirSayyidAliHamadani a famous sufi scholar an poet, who wis born in Hamedan an is buried in Kulob.[5]
Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Name change from Khatlon to Kulob, 1750". Archived frae the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ↑ ""Kulyab 2700 years" celebrations". Archived frae the original on 27 Julie 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ↑ Kulyab's 2700th anniversary.
- ↑ A tribute tae Kulob sung bi Shabnam Soraya on YouTube
- ↑ A depiction of Hamadani's tomb in Kulob on a Tajik banknote.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Habib Borjian, "Kulab," in Encyclopaedia Iranica (available at http://www.iranica.com Archived 2019-04-16 at the Wayback Machine).
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