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Fergana Valley

Also known as Ferghana, Farghana

The Fergana Valley is a fertile basin in Central Asia, drained by the Syr Darya and shared today by Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Chinese sources of the Han period knew it as Dayuan, famed for its horses. After the Arab conquest it became a province of the Islamic world that supplied soldiers to the Abbasid caliphs, among them the forebears of the Ikhshidid rulers of Egypt.

Fergana Valley
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Mentioned in 3 profiles

Han DynastyMilitaryMughal EmpireFoundationKara-Khanid KhanateSocioeconomy, Decline

Mentioned in 3 state histories

Kingdom of DayuanPrincipality of FerghanaIkhshidid emirate

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Fergana Valley. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/fergana-valley
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The Epoch Institute. “Fergana Valley.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/fergana-valley.
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