Darganata

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Darganata
Location in Turkmenistan
Coordinates: 40°29′N62°10′E / 40.483°N 62.167°E / 40.483; 62.167
Country Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan
Province Lebap Province
District Darganata District
Population
 (2010)
 • Total21,465

Darganata is the capital city of Darganata District in Lebap Province of Turkmenistan.

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From 14 May 2003 to 27 November 2017, the city was called Birata. [1] [2]

Etymology

The name Darganata is of obscure origin. Atanyyazow speculates that dargan might be from an Arabic-origin root referring to "boat" or "hull" (the city is on the Amu Darya) but finds the suffix ata ("father") inexplicable. [3] [4] Paul Brummell notes that the name could be interpreted as "Divided Ata Tribe"; this had prompted the renaming to Birata, meaning "United Ata Tribe"! [5]

History

The place developed out of the Khorezm settlement of Dargan; however, the modern city lies about 3 km north. [5] Nothing exists of the ancient settlement except the wall-perimeter. [5]

On 27 July 2016, the erstwhile town was upgraded to a city; over a year later, on 5 November 2017, its Soviet-era name of Darganata was restored.

Tourism

The Darganata Mausoleum (c. 14th c.) stands between the modern town and the walled perimeter of the ancient settlement; according to local tradition, it is the tomb of Abu Muslim. [5] However, this appears to be untrue since contemporary sources record that Muslim's mutilated body was thrown in the River Tigris. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Внесены изменения в административно-территориальное деление Лебапского велаята" [Changes to the administrative-territorial divisions in Lebap velayat] (in Russian). 2017-11-27. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  2. ↑ Межгосударственный совет по геодезии, картографии, кадастру, и дистанционному зондированию земли государств - участников СНГ. (2017), Изменения географических названий Туркменистана. (Электронный бюллетень) (in Russian), vol. 10, p. 16, archived from the original on 2018-04-16{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Frank, Allen J.; Touch-Werner, Jeren (October 20, 1999). Turkmen-English Dictionary (in English and Turkmen). Kensington, Maryland: Dunwoody Press. ISBN   978-1881265290.
  4. ↑ Atanyýazow, Soltanşa (1980). Түркменистаның Географик Атларының Дүшүндиришли Сөзлүги [Explanatory Dictionary of Geographic Names in Turkmenistan]. Ashgabat: Ылым. p. 136.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. 1 2 3 4 Brummell, Paul (2005). Turkmenistan. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 193. ISBN   978-1-84162-144-9.
  6. ↑ Moscati, S. (2012-04-24), "Abū Muslim", Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Brill



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