Lal'i Badakhshan (russian: Лали Бадахшан; , named after the writings of Sufi pirs) is an opposition political party in

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

. The party was formed by

Pamiri people The Pamiris, russian: Пами́рцы, Pamírtsy, zh, s=帕米尔人, p=Pàmǐ'ěrrén, ur, are an Eastern Iranian ethnic group, native to the Badakhshan region of Central Asia, which includes the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Ta ...

for the purpose of protecting the rights of Pamiris and promoting the autonomy of the

Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province Gorno-Badakhshan, officially the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region,, abbr. / is an autonomous region in eastern Tajikistan, in the Pamir Mountains. It makes up nearly forty-five percent of the country's land area, but only two percen ...

History

The party formed on 4 March 1991 during the last months before the demise of the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

and Atobek Amirbekov was appointed as the party head. In the November 1991 Tajik presidential election that took place after Tajikistan gained independence the party supported the candidacy of opposition candidate

Davlat Khudonazarov Davlat Khudonazarov ( Russian and tg, Давлат Худоназаров, fa, دولت خدای‌نظرف) (1944-, in Khorugh, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajik SSR) is a Tajik filmmaker, politician and human rights activist. Poli ...

. During the

Civil War in Tajikistan The Tajikistani Civil War ( tg, Ҷанги шаҳрвандии Тоҷикистон, translit=Jangi shahrvandiyi Tojikiston / Çangi shahrvandiji Toçikiston; russian: Гражданская война в Таджикистане), also known ...

members of Lali Badakhshan supported the opposition and in 1993 Lali Badakhshan officially joined the

United Tajik Opposition russian: Объединённая таджикская оппозиция , native_name_lang=Tajik , war=the Civil war in Tajikistan , image= , caption= , active=1993–1997 , ideology=Big tent *Islamist faction **Islamism **Pan-Islamism **Social ...

(UTO). Between 1994 and 1997 the party participated in Inter-Tajik Peace Talks. In 1999 the party left the UTO.Kamoludin Abdullaev and Shahram Akbarzadeh. ''Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan''. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2002. pp. 125-26

References

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