Turkestan Province ( prs, ولایت ترکستان) was a province in
Afghanistan.
It was located in northern Afghanistan in the region still known as
Afghan Turkestan
Afghan Turkestan, also known as Southern Turkestan,; tk, گوناورتا ترکستان, Günorta Türkistan, italics=no; uz, جنوبی ترکستان, Janubiy Turkiston is a region in northern Afghanistan, on the border with the former Sovi ...
. In 1890,
Qataghan-Badakhshan Province Qataghan-Badakhshan Province ( prs, ولایت قطغن-بدخشان) was a province located in Afghanistan. The province was originally created in 1890 when the districts of Qataghan and Badakhshan was separated from the Afghan Turkestan province. ...
was separated from Turkestan Province. It is present in an administrative map of 1929, but was abolished by the time of the 1946 population census.
Political administration
In the 19th century, Afghan Turkestan was governed by a governor (''hakim'') appointed by the Amir.
[Christine Noelle]
State and tribe in nineteenth-century Afghanistan: the reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863)
Routledge, 1997. pp. 101 Below is a list of governors of Afghan Turkestan.
*Sardar Mohammad Akram Khan - 1850 - 1852
*Sardar Mohammad Afzal Khan - 1852 - 1864
*Sardar Fath Mohammad Khan - 1864 - 1865
*Fayz Mohammad Khan - 1865 - 1867
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Naib Muhammad Alam Khan
Nawab (Balochi: نواب; ar, نواب;
bn, নবাব/নওয়াব;
hi, नवाब;
Punjabi : ਨਵਾਬ;
Persian,
Punjabi ,
Sindhi,
Urdu: ), also spelled Nawaab, Navaab, Navab, Nowab, Nabob, Nawaabshah, Nawabshah or Nobab, ...
- 1868 - 1876
*Shahghasi Sherdil Loynab Khan - 1876 -1878
Subdivisions
In 1886 the administrative divisions of Afghan Turkestan were as follows:
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Mazar-i Sharif
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(with the districts of
Shor Tapa, Boinkara,
Kishindi,
Aq Kupruk
Aq Kupruk is a village in Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan.
Archaeological sites
Aq Kupruk is also an archaeological site consists of four sites, numbered I, II, III and IV.
* Aq Kupruk I, or Ghar-i Asb, is a rock shelter of the Kusha ...
, Tunj
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Balkh
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(directly administered by the Sardar of Turkistan)
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Aqcha (with the districts of Khwaja Salar and
Dawlatabad)
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Tashkorgan (with the districts o
Pir Nakchiran
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Sheberghan
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Andkhui
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Aybak
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Dara-i Suf
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Saighan and
Kahmard
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Sangcharak
Sancharak District ( fa, سانچارک) or Sangcharak is a district of Sar-e Pol Province, Afghanistan. Its center is the city of Tukzar or Tokzar. Sancharak district borders Balkh Province in the east. Sancharak District's area is 1089 square ...
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Sar-i Pol
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Maimana
References
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Former provinces of Afghanistan