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SHIBARGHAN

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 856 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SHIBARGHAN , a See also:

TOWN

town and khanate of Afghan See also:

Turkestan . The town lies some 6o m . W. of See also:

BALKH

Balkh, and contains 12,000 inhabitants, Uzbegs and Parsiwans . It has a citadel, but is not otherwise fortified, and is surrounded by See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good gardens and excellent cultivation . The khanate is one of the " four domains," which were See also:

long in dispute between See also:

Bokhara and See also:

KABUL

Kabul, but were allotted to the Afghans by the Anglo-See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian boundary agreement of 1873 .

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