Vol. 5 No. 2 (2021)
Articles

New Information About the Rustaks (District) And Villages` Localization of The Samarkand Sogd

Published 2021-12-11

Abstract

In this article, there are information and view, noted in medieval Arabic sources, about rustaks (district), where located on the southeastern side of the Samarkand, such as Maymurg, Varagsar, Sanjarfagn and Shovdor. In addition, it also reflected that several rustaks (district), namely Vazkarda-Sufiyon, Andok-Andak, Izaj-Iduh-Khujaiduk, Uruskh-Rukhs, at the moment this village called Koratepa, the name of Zarudiza-Zabardiza is called another name, Tersak, which part of Shovdor rustaks (district). As a result of the research, it became known and written in this article that the rustak (district) and villages were located around rivers and channels, natural gully, which also served as a natural geographical boundary separating one of them from the other in order to serve like natural geographical border from each other.