Roshorv Explained

Official Name:Roshorv
Native Name:Рошорв
Pushpin Map:Tajikistan
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Tajikistan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Tajikistan
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Rushon District
Coordinates:38.3178°N 72.3247°W

Roshorv (Tajik: Рошорв) is a village in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, southeastern Tajikistan.[1] It is part of the jamoat Savnob in Rushon District.[2] It lies on the upper reaches of the river Bartang.

Roshorv is situated on a plateau and is settled and has cultivated land. In his journey the Pamir Mountains in 1897-98, British agent Ralph Cobbold passed through Roshorv. In his memoirs Cobbold stated that the village had fifty houses.[3]

The population of Roshorv is Tajik and speaks a district dialect of the Rushani language.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fallingrain.com/world/TI/01/Roshorv.html Falling Rain gazetteer
  2. http://tojkiston.ucoz.ru/index/dekha_roshorv/0-4073 Village Roshorv
  3. Ralp P. Cobbold. Innermost Asia: Travel and Sport in the Pamirs. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. p. 168
  4. http://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/ebm/record/15156738/full_citation/Ethno_cultural_heritage_of_the_peoples_of_west_Pamir_ L.R. Dodykhudoeva Ethno-cultural heritage of the peoples of west Pamir. Coll Antropol 2004. pp. 147-59.