Map of the Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast' (formerly the Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast') in 1925, the Murghob District was part of the Kara-Kyrgyz Autonomous Oblast.
Kara-Kirghiz is a former name for the Kyrgyz people that literally means 'the black Kirghiz (Kyrgyz)', in reference to the colour of the tents the nomads used.[1]