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Pur Chaman
پُرچمن
Pur Chaman is located in Afghanistan
Pur Chaman
Pur Chaman
Location within Afghanistan[1]
Coordinates: 33°08′24″N 63°51′36″E / 33.14000°N 63.86000°E / 33.14000; 63.86000
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceFarah
Population
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 • Total115,000

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 / 33.14139°N 63.86139°E / 33.14139; 63.86139 is situated at 1431 m altitude.[citation needed]

Religious role

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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]

Sources

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References

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  1. ^ "District Names". National Democratic Institute. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Farah Provincial Profile" (PDF). Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Olivier Roy. Islam and resistance in Afghanistan. Cambridge University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-521-39700-6, ISBN 978-0-521-39700-1