Turkman Valley

Turkman Valley دره ترکمون
Valley
Turkman Valley
Coordinates: 34.896°N 68.652°E / 34.896; 68.652
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Parwan
District	Surkhi Parsa
Population
• Ethnicities	Hazara people
• Religions	Islam
Time zone	+ 4.30

Turkman Valley or Dare-e Turkman (Persian: دره ترکمن; Hazaragi: دره ترکمون) is a valley in Afghanistan, located in Surkhi Parsa District, Parwan Province in Hazarajat region, which is inhabited by the Hazaras.^[1][2][3]

Demographics

The Turkman valley is populated by Hazaras. They speak the Hazaragi dialect of Persian.^[4][3]

History

• Further information: First Campaign against Turkoman Hazaras

Notable people

• Commander Shafi Hazara
• Wakil Hussain Allahdad
• Mohaqiq Kabuli
• Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri
• Abbas Noyan

See also

• Valleys of Afghanistan

References

1. "Dareturkman". www.google.com. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
2. "Darah-ye Turkaman". www.geonames.org. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
3. Memories of Babur, Babur (Emperor of (1826). Memoirs of Zehir-ed-Din Muhammed Baber, Emperor of Hindustan. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, ... and Cadell and Company, ... Edinburgh. Printed by James Ballantyne and Company Edinburgh.
4. "Turkman valley of Parwan". afghanistanema.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2018-05-22.