Pur Chaman (also transliterated as Purchaman or Porchaman) is a mountainous
district
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in
Farah Province
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,
Afghanistan
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. Its population is approximately 95%
Tajik with a
Pashtun
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minority. The main village, also called Purchaman is situated at 1431 m altitude.
Religious role
Pur Chaman was the center of operations for the
Naqshbandi Sufi leader (''
pir'') of the
Aimaq ethnic group until the late 1970s, when the last ''pir'',
Baha'uddin Jan, was killed under the
Taraki government.
[Olivier Roy]
Islam and resistance in Afghanistan
Cambridge University Press, 1990. ,
Sources
UNHCR District Profile compiled September–October 2004, accessed 2006-06-06 (PDF).
External links
Map of Farah Province settlements (Pur Chaman District) IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix, March 2018
* http://www.afghanan.se/afghanan_2011/Afghanistan%20Mapper/Farah%20Map/pur_chaman.pdf Map of Settlements] AIMS, May 2002
Map of Pur ChamanPDF)
References
Districts of Farah Province
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