Sogdiana

  • History Series: Yaghnob and the World

    History Series: Yaghnob and the World

    What does it mean to belong to a place hidden from history? In the remote mountains of Tajikistan lies the Yaghnob Valley, a region inhabited by a people whose heritage traces back to the ancient Silk Road’s crossroads, the Sogdiana kingdom, and a language spoken by fewer than five thousand individuals today. Their lives,…

  • Introduction to the Yagnob Valley website

    Introduction to the Yagnob Valley website

    At the Heart of the Mountains Enfolded within Central Asia’s majestic peaks lies the Yaghnob Valley, a treasure unknown to many yet vital to our shared human narrative. This is the ancestral home of the Yaghnobi people, direct descendants of the ancient Sogdiana civilization, and a living testament to a heritage nearly lost. Today,…