Little Pamir

History

The Little Pamir was under the jurisdiction of the rulers of Qala-i-Panjah since ancient time, possibly since the time of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom. It has been used by the Kyrgyz herders for summer pasture. After the 1978 Saur Revolution almost all the inhabitants migrated south to Pakistan. Many of the Kyrgyz subsequently migrated to Turkey, but in October 1979, before the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, a group of about 200 of them returned to the Little Pamir. In 2003 there were 140 yurt households.

During the late-2000s, due to lawlessness, the Kyrgyz in Afghanistan reported robbery and theft in Little Pamir by bandits from Tajikistan.{{Cite web | access-date = 12 March 2022 | access-date = 12 March 2022 | access-date = 12 March 2022 | access-date = 12 March 2022 | access-date = 12 March 2022

Wakhan National Park

Little Pamir is part of the Wakhan National Park, which supports populations of Marco Polo sheep, ibex, and other wild animals. The naturalist George Schaller has advocated the creation of an international peace park to protect the wildlife in the area.

References

References

1. Felmy, Sabine. (2004). "Wakhan Woluswali in Badakhshan". [[Erdkunde]].
2. [http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1nrka/AsiaTravelAFGHANISTA/resources/118.htm Lonely Planet (2007):' ''Afghanistan'' p.170]
3. [http://www.akdn.org/publications/2010_akf_wakhan.pdf Aga Khan Development Network (2010): ''Wakhan and the Afghan Pamir''] {{webarchive. link. (23 January 2011 p.3)
4. (15 December 2025). "Wakhan Corridor Project 70% Complete, Aims for Economic Boost". TOLOnews.
5. A rough road also leads to the Little Pamir from [[Murghab, Tajikistan. Murghab]] in Tajikistan, and was the route by which the Soviets occupied the eastern part of Afghanistan's Wakhan District. The border is now closed. In 2000 the road was used to deliver humanitarian aid to the Kyrgyz of the Little Pamir,[http://www.afghanistannewscenter.com/news/2000/november/nov9k2000.htm Kreutzmann, H. (2000) ''Hard Times on the Roof of the World'']
6. Some accounts state that the Bazai River also rises from Chaqmaqtin Lake. See [http://nzdl.sadl.uleth.ca/gsdl/collect/areu/Upload/1710/Kamal_River%20basins%20and%20watersheds2004.pdf Afghanistan Information Management Service: ''River basins and Watersheds of Afghanistan'' (2004)] {{webarchive. link. (6 July 2011 , p.5. The [http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/collection/LimitsinSeas/IBS026.pdf International Boundary Study of the Afghanistan-USSR Boundary (1983)] {{webarchive). link. (17 August 2014 by the US [[Bureau of Intelligence and Research]], p.10, calls the lake "a deeper and possibly marshy section within the Aq Su-Little Pamir River drainage divide".)
7. Iloliev, Abdulmamad. (2021). "The Mirdom of Wakhān in the Nineteenth Century: Downfall and Partition".
8. (17 June 2022). "Schools Remain Closed In Pamir District Of Badakhshan". TOLOnews.
9. "Hermann Kreutzmann (2003) ''Ethnic minorities and marginality in the Pamirian Knot''".
10. (20 November 2022). "Cabinet orders military deployment, services in Wakhan valley". Pajhwok Afghan News.
11. {{YouTube. 9KGyBbJlhro. برنامه میهن من از وضعیت زندگی باشندگان پامیر بدخشان ([[RTA Dari]], Nov. 4, 2023)
12. (6 July 2024). "Silk Road Highway Reaches China-Afghanistan Border, Facilitating Historic Trade Routes". Bakhtar News Agency.
13. [http://www.juldu.com/Gallery/Afghanistan/Little/index_little.html Juldu.com: Little Pamir]
14. National Geographic. (2007). "Lifetime Achievement: Biologist George Schaller". National Geographic.