Pur Chaman District
Pur Chaman (also transliterated as Purchaman or Porchaman) is a mountainous district in Farah Province, Afghanistan. Its population is approximately 95% Tajik with a Pashtun minority. The main village, also called Purchaman 33°8′29″N 63°51′41″E is situated at 1431 m altitude.
Pur Chaman پُرچمن | |
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District | |
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  Pur Chaman Location within Afghanistan [1] | |
| Coordinates: 33°08′24″N 63°51′36″E | |
| Country |  |
| Province | Farah Province |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
| • Total | 115,000 |
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.[3] Sadat is one of the people in the pur chaman
The head of Sadat's people is Mr. alhaj sayed akbar sadat and Mr.alhaj sayed Mohammad Rasool Erfani
Sources
- UNHCR District Profile, compiled September–October 2004, accessed 2006-06-06 (PDF).
External links
- Map of Settlements AIMS, May 2002
References
- "District Names". National Democratic Institute. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- "Farah Provincial Profile" (PDF). Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- Olivier Roy. Islam and resistance in Afghanistan. Cambridge University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-521-39700-6, ISBN 978-0-521-39700-1
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