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Encyclopedia Britannica



SHIGNAN

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 857 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SHA-SIV
SHIGNAN and ROSHAN, two small hill states E. of the
Badakshan
  province of
Afghanistan
 . They extend eastwards from the Panja, where it forms the eastern boundary of
Badakshan
  to the
Pamirs
 . The native rulers of Roshan and Shignan claim descent from
Alexander
  the
Great
 , of whom legends are still current in the
country
  about the upper
Oxus
 . The two states were conquered by Abdur Rahman in 1882, but were assigned to
Russia
  by the Durand agreement of 1893. Since that agreement
Russia
  has retired from all districts previously occupied by her on the left
bank
  of the Panja, or upper
Oxus
 .


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