Qubodiyon Explained

Official Name:Qubodiyon
Native Name:Кабодиён/Қубодиён
Pushpin Map:Tajikistan#Tokharistan
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Tajikistan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name: Tajikistan
Subdivision Name1:Khatlon
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Qubodiyon District
Coordinates:37.4075°N 68.185°W

Qubodiyon, also Qubadiyan, ancient Kobadiyan (Russian: Кабодиён; Tajik: Қубодиён, Persian: قبادیان Qobādiyān) is a town in the Khatlon Region of Tajikistan. It is the capital of Qubodiyon District. The population of the town is 12,200 (January 2020 estimate).[1]

Qubodiyon was possibly founded by the Sasanian king Kavad I during his exile in the Hephthalite Empire, where the town possibly served as his source of revenue. In the early medieval period, it was capital of the district of Kubadhiyan.

Nasir Khusraw, a Persian poet, philosopher, Isma'ili scholar, traveler and one of the greatest writers in Persian literature was born in the village in 1004 CE.

The Oxus Treasure was found near Kobadiyan.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020 . Statistics office of Tajikistan . 9 October 2020 . ru .
  2. "East of Termez, on the Kafirnigan River, on the territory of Tajikistan, lies the small town of Kobadiyan, near which was found in the late 1870s one of the most famous treasures of all time, the so - called treasure of Oxus." in Book: Knobloch . Edgar . Monuments of Central Asia: A Guide to the Archaeology, Art and Architecture of Turkestan . 2001 . Bloomsbury Academic . 978-1-86064-590-7 . 150 . en.