Maymana, the Glossary
Maymana (Persian/Uzbek/Pashto: میمنه) is the capital city of Faryab Province in northwestern Afghanistan, near the Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border.[1]
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65 relations: Achaemenid Empire, Afghanistan, Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border, Aimaq people, Altitude, Andkhoy (city), Baloch people, Central Asia, Chagatai language, Damla Mohibullah, Dynasty, Early Muslim conquests, Farighunids, Faryab Province, Ghaznavids, Ghazni, Guzgan, Hectare, Hephthalites, Herat, Herat International Airport, International Security Assistance Force, Iran, Iron Age, Jalalabad, Kabul, Kandahar, Karakul sheep, Köppen climate classification, Khwarazm, Kunduz, Kushan Empire, Latvia, Maimana Khanate, Marghab River, Maymana Airport, Mazar-i-Sharif, Medes, Mediterranean climate, Meymaneh Province, Mihrabanids, Muhammad Shaybani, Nasrid dynasty, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Neolithic, Norway, Paleolithic, Pashtuns, Persian language, Provinces of Afghanistan, ... Expand index (15 more) »
- Cities in Afghanistan
- Populated places in Faryab Province
- Provincial capitals in Afghanistan
Achaemenid Empire
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (𐎧𐏁𐏂), was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.
Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border
The Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border is in length and runs from the tripoint with Iran to the tripoint with Uzbekistan.
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Aimaq people
The Aimaq, Aimaq Persians (Aimāq), or Chahar Aimaq (چهار ایماق), also transliterated as Aymaq, Aimagh, Aimak, and Aymak, are a collection of Sunni and mostly Persian nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes.
Altitude
Altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object.
Andkhoy (city)
Andkhoy (اندخوی; اندخوی ولسوالۍ) is a city in the northern part of Afghanistan, which has a population of about 47,857 people. Maymana and Andkhoy (city) are Populated places in Faryab Province.
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Baloch people
The Baloch or Baluch (Balòc) are a nomadic, pastoral, ethnic group which speaks the Western Iranic Baloch language and is native to the Balochistan region of South and Western Asia, encompassing the countries of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan.
Central Asia
Central Asia is a subregion of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the southwest and Eastern Europe in the northwest to Western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north.
Chagatai language
Chagatai (چغتای, Čaġatāy), also known as Turki, Eastern Turkic, or Chagatai Turkic (Čaġatāy türkīsi), is an extinct Turkic language that was once widely spoken across Central Asia.
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Damla Mohibullah
Damla Mohibullah Mawafiq (داملا محب اللہ موافق) (Born circa 1997) is an Afghan Taliban politician and military figure who is currently serving as Mayor of Maymana, the capital of Faryab Province since November 2021.
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Dynasty
A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,Oxford English Dictionary, "dynasty, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897.
Early Muslim conquests
The early Muslim conquests or early Islamic conquests (translit), also known as the Arab conquests, were initiated in the 7th century by Muhammad, the founder of Islam.
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Farighunids
The Farighunids were an Iranian dynasty that ruled Guzgan (modern-day northern Afghanistan) in the late 9th, 10th and early 11th centuries.
Faryab Province
Faryab (Dari,Pashto: فاریاب) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, which is located in the north of the country bordering neighboring Turkmenistan.
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Ghaznavids
The Ghaznavid dynasty (غزنویان Ġaznaviyān) or the Ghaznavid Empire was a Persianate Muslim dynasty and empire of Turkic mamluk origin, ruling at its greatest extent from the Oxus to the Indus Valley from 977 to 1186.
Ghazni
Ghazni (غزنی, غزني), historically known as Ghaznayn (غزنين) or Ghazna (غزنه), also transliterated as Ghuznee, and anciently known as Alexandria in Opiana (Αλεξάνδρεια Ωπιανή), is a city in southeastern Afghanistan with a population of around 190,000 people. Maymana and Ghazni are Cities in Afghanistan and Provincial capitals in Afghanistan.
Guzgan
Guzgan (گوزگان, also known as Gozgan, Guzganan or Quzghan) was a historical region and early medieval principality in what is now northern Afghanistan.
Hectare
The hectare (SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), that is, 10,000 square meters (10,000 m2), and is primarily used in the measurement of land.
Hephthalites
The Hephthalites (translit), sometimes called the White Huns (also known as the White Hunas, in Iranian as the Spet Xyon and in Sanskrit as the Sveta-huna), were a people who lived in Central Asia during the 5th to 8th centuries CE, part of the larger group of the Iranian Huns.
Herat
Herāt (Pashto, هرات) is an oasis city and the third-largest city in Afghanistan. Maymana and Herat are Cities in Afghanistan and Provincial capitals in Afghanistan.
Herat International Airport
Herat International Airport, also known as Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport, is located 10.5 km (6.5 mi) southeast of the city of Herat in western Afghanistan, east of the Herat-Farah road, close to Guzara in the Guzara District of the Herat Province.
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International Security Assistance Force
The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was a multinational military mission in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014.
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Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
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Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.
Jalalabad
Jalalabad (d͡ʒä.lɑː.lɑː.bɑːd̪) is the fifth-largest city of Afghanistan. Maymana and Jalalabad are Provincial capitals in Afghanistan.
Kabul
Kabul is the capital city of Afghanistan. Maymana and Kabul are Cities in Afghanistan and Provincial capitals in Afghanistan.
Kandahar
Kandahar is a city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on the Arghandab River, at an elevation of. Maymana and Kandahar are Cities in Afghanistan and Provincial capitals in Afghanistan.
Karakul sheep
Karakul or Qaraqul (named after Qorakoʻl, a city in Bukhara Region in Uzbekistan) is a breed of domestic fat-tailed sheep which originated in Central Asia.
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Khwarazm
Khwarazm (Hwârazmiya; خوارزم, Xwârazm or Xârazm) or Chorasmia is a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia, bordered on the north by the (former) Aral Sea, on the east by the Kyzylkum Desert, on the south by the Karakum Desert, and on the west by the Ustyurt Plateau.
Kunduz
Kunduz (قندوز; قندوز original name: قندوز) is a city in northern Afghanistan, the capital of Kunduz Province. Maymana and Kunduz are Cities in Afghanistan and Provincial capitals in Afghanistan.
Kushan Empire
The Kushan Empire (– AD) was a syncretic empire formed by the Yuezhi in the Bactrian territories in the early 1st century.
Latvia
Latvia (Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe.
Maimana Khanate
The Maimana Khanate was an Uzbek Khanate in Northern Afghanistan centered around the town of Maimana.
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Marghab River
The Marghab River (Persian/Pashto: مرغاب, Morqâb, Balochi: مرگاپ), anciently the Margiana (Ancient Greek: Μαργιανή, Margianḗ), is an long river in Central Asia.
Maymana Airport
Maymana Airport is a public use airport located near Maymana, Faryab, Afghanistan.
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Mazar-i-Sharif
Mazar-i-Sharīf (Dari and مزار شریف), also known as Mazar-e Sharīf or simply Mazar, is the fourth-largest city in Afghanistan by population, with an estimated 500,207 residents in 2021. Maymana and Mazar-i-Sharif are Cities in Afghanistan and Provincial capitals in Afghanistan.
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Medes
The Medes (Old Persian: 𐎶𐎠𐎭; Akkadian: 13px, 13px; Ancient Greek: Μῆδοι; Latin: Medi) were an ancient Iranian people who spoke the Median language and who inhabited an area known as Media between western and northern Iran. Around the 11th century BC, they occupied the mountainous region of northwestern Iran and the northeastern and eastern region of Mesopotamia in the vicinity of Ecbatana (present-day Hamadan).
Mediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate, also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen as Cs, is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude).
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Meymaneh Province
Meymaneh Province was a former province of Afghanistan, which in 1964 was divided, creating Badghis Province and Faryab Province.
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Mihrabanids
The Mihrabanid dynasty was a Muslim dynasty that ruled Sistan (or Nimruz) from 1236 until the mid-16th century.
Muhammad Shaybani
Muhammad Shaybani Khan (– 2 December 1510) was an Uzbek leader who consolidated various Uzbek tribes and laid the foundations for their ascendance in Transoxiana and the establishment of the Khanate of Bukhara.
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Nasrid dynasty
The Nasrid dynasty (بنو نصر banū Naṣr or بنو الأحمر banū al-Aḥmar; Nazarí) was an Arab dynasty that ruled the Emirate of Granada from 1232 to 1492.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.
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Neolithic
The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Norway
Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.
Paleolithic
The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic, also called the Old Stone Age, is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone tools, and which represents almost the entire period of human prehistoric technology.
Pashtuns
Pashtuns (translit), also known as Pakhtuns, or Pathans, are a nomadic, pastoral, Eastern Iranic ethnic group primarily residing in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. They historically were also referred to as Afghans until the 1970s after the term's meaning had become a demonym for members of all ethnic groups in Afghanistan.
Persian language
Persian, also known by its endonym Farsi (Fārsī|), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages.
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Provinces of Afghanistan
Afghanistan is divided into 34 provinces (ولايت, wilåyat).
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Provincial Reconstruction Team
A Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) was a unit introduced by the United States government, consisting of military officers, diplomats, and reconstruction subject matter experts, working to support reconstruction efforts in unstable states.
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Safavid Iran
Safavid Iran, Safavid Persia or the Safavid Empire,, officially known as the Guarded Domains of Iran, was one of the largest and long-standing Iranian empires after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Persia, which was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty.
Saffarid dynasty
The Saffarid dynasty (safāryān) was a Persianate dynasty of eastern Iranian origin that ruled over parts of Persia, Greater Khorasan, and eastern Makran from 861 to 1002.
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Samanid Empire
The Samanid Empire (Sāmāniyān), also known as the Samanian Empire, Samanid dynasty, Samanid amirate, or simply as the Samanids, was a Persianate Sunni Muslim empire, of Iranian dehqan origin.
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Sher Ali Khan
Sher Ali Khan (Persian and; c. 1825 – 21 February 1879) was Amir of Afghanistan from 1863 to 1866 and from 1868 until his death in 1879.
Tajiks
Tajiks (Tājīk, Tājek; Tojik) are a Persian-speaking Iranian ethnic group native to Central Asia, living primarily in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
Taliban
The Taliban (lit), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is an Afghan militant movement with an ideology comprising elements of Pashtun nationalism and the Deobandi movement of Islamic fundamentalism.
Turkestan
Turkestan, also spelled Turkistan (from Turks), is a historical region in Central Asia corresponding to the regions of Transoxiana and East Turkestan (Xinjiang).
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is a country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west.
Turkmens
Turkmens (Türkmenler, italic,,; historically "the Turkmen") are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, living mainly in Turkmenistan, northern and northeastern regions of Iran and north-western Afghanistan.
UTC+04:30
UTC+04:30 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +04:30.
Uzbek language
Uzbek (pronounced), formerly known as Turki, is a Karluk Turkic language spoken by Uzbeks.
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Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan, is a doubly landlocked country located in Central Asia.
Uzbeks
The Uzbeks (Oʻzbek, Ўзбек,, Oʻzbeklar, Ўзбеклар) are a Turkic ethnic group native to the wider Central Asian region, being among the largest Turkic ethnic group in the area.
2021 Taliban offensive
The 2021 Taliban offensive was a military offensive by the Taliban insurgent group and allied militants that led to the fall of the Kabul-based Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the end of the nearly 20-year War in Afghanistan that had begun following the United States invasion of the country.
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See also
Cities in Afghanistan
- Bamyan
- Farah, Afghanistan
- Ghazni
- Herat
- Kabul
- Kandahar
- Khost
- Kunduz
- Lashkargah
- List of cities in Afghanistan
- Marwand
- Maymana
- Mazar-i-Sharif
- Nili, Afghanistan
- Puli Khumri
- Sar-e Pol, Afghanistan
- Sheberghan
- Taloqan
Populated places in Faryab Province
- Andkhoy (city)
- Aqina
- Kowlian
- Maymana
- Qurchi
- Teylan
Provincial capitals in Afghanistan
- Asadabad, Afghanistan
- Aybak, Samangan
- Bamyan
- Bazarak
- Chaghcharan
- Charikar
- Farah, Afghanistan
- Fayzabad, Badakhshan
- Gardez
- Ghazni
- Herat
- Jalalabad
- Kabul
- Kandahar
- Khost
- Kunduz
- Lashkargah
- Mahmud-i-Raqi
- Maidan Shar
- Maymana
- Mazar-i-Sharif
- Mihtarlam
- Nili, Afghanistan
- Parun
- Puli Alam
- Puli Khumri
- Qala e Naw
- Qalati Ghilji
- Sar-e Pol, Afghanistan
- Sharana
- Sheberghan
- Taloqan
- Tarinkot
- Zaranj
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maymana
Also known as City of Maimana, History of Maymana, Maimana, Maymana, Afghanistan, Maymanah, Meymaneh.
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