Qataghan Province

This article is about the defunct province in Afghanistan named Qataghan. For the town in Tajikistan, see Katagan.

Qataghan Province (Persian: قطغن) was a province of Afghanistan which became defunct in 1963, when it was divided into the current Baghlan Province, Kunduz Province, and Takhar Province.^[1]

Qataghan Province ولایت قطغن
Province of Afghanistan
19th century–1963
Capital	Baghlan
Demonym	Qataghan or Qataghani
Area
• Coordinates	36.7289°N 68.8569°E / 36.7289; 68.8569
• Type	Province
History
• Established	19th century
• Disestablished	1963
Succeeded by Baghlan Province Kunduz Province Takhar Province
Today part of	Afghanistan

From the 19th century to 1963 Qataghan and neighboring Badakhshan Province were united into a single province called Qataghan-Badakhshan Province. It was ruled by a single governor and was divided into two separate provinces in 1963.^[1] The capital of Qataghan Province was Baghlan, now a city in the north of Baghlan Province.

Etymology

Historian William Maley stated that the removal of the term "Qataghan" upon the division of the area was part of a deliberate process to remove ethnic identities from administrative names, drawing a comparison with the division and renaming of Hazarajat, homeland of the ethnic Hazaras.^[2]

Music

Qataghani style songs were born in Qataghan Province.

Population

Large population of Qataghan people are in Baghlan, the capital of Qataghan province living into Darah Nikpai.

Economy

Mostly rice farming is practiced in the area; since 2003 people have also starting grapes farming. There are also a few gold mines in Baghlan.

See also

• Qataghan-Badakhshan Province

Further reading

• Burhanuddin Kushkaki. Rāhnamā-yi Qaṭaghan va Badakhshān. Kabul: Vizarat-i Ḥarbiyah, 1923.
• “Kataghan” in Ludwig W. Adamec. Historical and political gazetteer of Afghanistan Vol. 1. Badakhshan Province and northeastern Afghanistan. Graz: Akad. Druck- und Verl.-Anst., 1972. pp. 94–96.