The Kharduri (also Harduri or Charduri) are a group of formerly semi-nomadic
Tajiks
Tajiks ( fa, تاجيک، تاجک, ''Tājīk, Tājek''; tg, Тоҷик) are a Persian-speaking Iranian ethnic group native to Central Asia, living primarily in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Tajiks are the largest ethnicity in Tajik ...
of unknown origin. They live in the
Surxondaryo Region of southeastern
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...
(between
Boysun
Boysun ( uz, Boysun, russian: Байсун, Baysun) is a city in Surxondaryo Region, Uzbekistan and capital of Boysun District. The population was 16,732 as of the 1989 census, and 27,600 in 2016.
Thousands of years in the narrow mountain gorge, ...
and
Gʻuzor). The Kharduri were estimated to number about 8,400 in 1924–25.
See also
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Chagatai people
References
Ethnic groups in Uzbekistan
Ethnic Tajik people
Modern nomads
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