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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Shughni<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Shughnan</span></caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above nickname" style="font-size:115%; font-weight:normal;"><div><span title="Shughni-language text"><i lang="sgh">xuǧnůni</i></span>, <span title="Shughni-language text"><span lang="sgh">хуг̌ну̊нӣ</span></span>, <span title="Shughni-language text"><span lang="sgh" dir="rtl">خُږنۈنے</span></span></div></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Regions with significant populations</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Shughnon_District" title="Shughnon District">Shughnon District</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data">50,000 (1990)<sup id="cite_ref-e25_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e25-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Shighnan_District" title="Shighnan District">Shighnan District</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data">40,000 (2009)<sup id="cite_ref-e25_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e25-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chitral_District" title="Chitral District">Chitral District</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data">855<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> (<a href="/wiki/Taxkorgan_Tajik_Autonomous_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County">Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data">171<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Languages</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Shughni_language" title="Shughni language">Shughni</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tajik_language" title="Tajik language">Tajik</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dari" title="Dari">Dari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khowar" title="Khowar">Khowar</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Religion</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Nizari_Isma%27ilism" title="Nizari Isma'ilism">Nizari Isma'ili</a> <a href="/wiki/Shia_Islam" title="Shia Islam">Shia Islam</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Related ethnic groups</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Other <a href="/wiki/Pamiris" title="Pamiris">Pamiris</a>, especially <a href="/wiki/Wakhi_people" title="Wakhi people">Wakhis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oroshoris" title="Oroshoris">Oroshoris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bartangi_language" title="Bartangi language">Bartangis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khufi_language" title="Khufi language">Khufis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rushani_language" title="Rushani language">Rushanis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarikoli_language" title="Sarikoli language">Sarikolis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wanji_people" title="Wanji people">Wanjis</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Shughni</b> (also known as the <b>Shughnan</b>) (<a href="/wiki/Shughni_language" title="Shughni language">Shughni</a>: <span title="Shughni-language text"><i lang="sgh">xuǧnůni</i></span>, <span title="Shughni-language text"><span lang="sgh">хуг̌ну̊нӣ</span></span>, <span title="Shughni-language text"><span lang="sgh" dir="rtl">خُږنۈنے</span></span>) are an <a href="/wiki/Iranian_peoples" title="Iranian peoples">Iranian</a> sub-ethnic group of <a href="/wiki/Pamiris" title="Pamiris">Pamiris</a>, who reside in the <a href="/wiki/Pamir_Mountains" title="Pamir Mountains">Pamir Mountains</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Badakhshan" title="Badakhshan">Badakhshan</a> region of <a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a>. They mostly live in the country of <a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a>, while a minority lives in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They speak the <a href="/wiki/Shughni_language" title="Shughni language">Shughni language</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Iranian_languages" title="Eastern Iranian languages">Eastern Iranian language</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pamiri_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Pamiri languages">Pamiri subgroup</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shughni_people&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The region of <a href="/wiki/Shughnan" class="mw-redirect" title="Shughnan">Shughnan</a> was mentioned in <a href="/wiki/Chinese_mythology" title="Chinese mythology">Chinese books</a> during the 6th and 7th centuries. The ancient Shughnis kept the Shughnan region under their control.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Proof had been found about the Shughni people's oral traditions in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghoron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ghoron (page does not exist)">Ghoron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Shughni tribes had also collaborated with the <a href="/wiki/Mongol_Empire" title="Mongol Empire">Mongols</a> during <a href="/wiki/Mongol_invasion_of_the_Khwarazmian_Empire" title="Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire">the conquest of Afghanistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet times</a>, especially during the <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Stalin era</a>, Soviet and Tajik authrorities tried their best to assimilate the Shughni with the <a href="/wiki/Tajik_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tajik people">Tajik population</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Even after Soviet times, the Shughni, <a href="/wiki/Ishkashimi_language" title="Ishkashimi language">Ishkashim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rushani_language" title="Rushani language">Rushani</a>, and Wakhi tribes still fought over territory near the borders of Afghanistan and Tajikistan.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lifestyle">Lifestyle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shughni_people&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Lifestyle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Due to <a href="/wiki/Tajik_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Tajik Civil War">political reasons</a> the Shughni and Rushani go by the name "Tajik" unlike other Pamiri groups.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Shughani are engaged in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mountain_agriculture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mountain agriculture (page does not exist)">mountain agriculture</a> and have succeeded in a greater agriculture basis from the <a href="/wiki/Burhanuddin_Rabbani" title="Burhanuddin Rabbani">Rabbani</a> government.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Shughni were formerly raiders, but are now seen as servants and pedlars in big cities in <a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a> and <a href="/wiki/Farghana" class="mw-redirect" title="Farghana">Farghana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have also supplemented to 'scanty' resources in Shughnan.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Shughani have also gone to <a href="/wiki/Chitral" title="Chitral">Chitral</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> to find jobs recently. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Language">Language</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shughni_people&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Shughni_language" title="Shughni language">Shughni language</a></div> <p>The Shughni language is an Eastern Iranian language of the Pamiri subgroup spoken in Tajikistan and Afghanistan, primarily in <a href="/wiki/Gorno-Badakhshan" title="Gorno-Badakhshan">Gorno-Badakhshan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shughnan_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Shughnan District">Sheghnan</a>. Shughani is the largest of the Pamiri languages and contains many dialects including Rushani, <a href="/wiki/Bartangi_language" title="Bartangi language">Bartangri</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Oroshori_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Oroshori language">Oroshori</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shughni_people&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-e25-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-e25_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-e25_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ethnologue.com/25/language/sgh">Shughni</a> at <i><a href="/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue">Ethnologue</a></i> (25th ed., 2022) <span style="position:relative; 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Routledge. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781317430957" title="Special:BookSources/9781317430957"><bdi>9781317430957</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Afghan-Central+Asia+Borderland%3A+The+State+and+Local+Leaders&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=9781317430957&rft.aulast=Levi-Sanchez&rft.aufirst=Suzanne&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D-qSuDAAAQBAJ%26dq%3Dshughni%2Bpeople%26pg%3DPA32&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShughni+people" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchoeberlein-Engel1994" class="citation book cs1">Schoeberlein-Engel, John Samuel (1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=mvraAAAAMAAJ&q=shughni+people"><i>Identity in Central Asia: Construction and Contention in the Conceptions of "Özbek," "Tâjik, " "Muslim, " "Samarqandi" and Other Groups</i></a>. 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Afghanistan. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789400738454" title="Special:BookSources/9789400738454"><bdi>9789400738454</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pastoral+practices+in+High+Asia%3A+Agency+of+%27development%27+effected+by+modernisation%2C+resettlement+and+transformation&rft.place=Afghanistan&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=9789400738454&rft.aulast=Kreutzmann&rft.aufirst=Hermann&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DRa60dNtyoSkC%26dq%3Dshughni%2Bpeople%26pg%3DPA61&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShughni+people" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher" title="Category:CS1 maint: location missing publisher">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGore1916" class="citation book cs1">Gore, Kensington (1916). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=qSEDAAAAMAAJ&dq=shughni+people&pg=PA218"><i>The Geographical Journal</i></a> (38 ed.). London: Authority of the Council.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Geographical+Journal&rft.place=London&rft.edition=38&rft.pub=Authority+of+the+Council&rft.date=1916&rft.aulast=Gore&rft.aufirst=Kensington&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DqSEDAAAAMAAJ%26dq%3Dshughni%2Bpeople%26pg%3DPA218&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShughni+people" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStein1981" class="citation book cs1">Stein, Sir Aurel (1981). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=CnJCAAAAYAAJ&q=shughni+people"><i>Innermost Asia: Text</i></a> (2 ed.). Central Asia: Cosmo. p. 881.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Innermost+Asia%3A+Text&rft.place=Central+Asia&rft.pages=881&rft.edition=2&rft.pub=Cosmo&rft.date=1981&rft.aulast=Stein&rft.aufirst=Sir+Aurel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DCnJCAAAAYAAJ%26q%3Dshughni%2Bpeople&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShughni+people" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSSSR1980" class="citation book cs1">SSSR, Akademi︠i︡a nauk (1980). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Ax07AAAAIAAJ&q=shughni+people"><i>Social Sciences</i></a> (2 ed.). USSR Academy of Sciences. p. 80.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Social+Sciences&rft.pages=80&rft.edition=2&rft.pub=USSR+Academy+of+Sciences&rft.date=1980&rft.aulast=SSSR&rft.aufirst=Akademi%EF%B8%A0i%EF%B8%A1a+nauk&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DAx07AAAAIAAJ%26q%3Dshughni%2Bpeople&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShughni+people" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shughni_people&oldid=1244948118">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shughni_people&oldid=1244948118</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Iranian_ethnic_groups" title="Category:Iranian ethnic groups">Iranian ethnic groups</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pamiri_people" title="Category:Pamiri people">Pamiri people</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Ethnic_groups_in_Afghanistan" title="Category:Ethnic groups in Afghanistan">Ethnic groups in Afghanistan</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Language_articles_citing_Ethnologue_25" title="Category:Language articles citing Ethnologue 25">Language articles citing Ethnologue 25</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_Russian-language_sources_(ru)" title="Category:CS1 Russian-language sources (ru)">CS1 Russian-language sources (ru)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher" title="Category:CS1 maint: location missing publisher">CS1 maint: location missing publisher</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_matches_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description matches Wikidata">Short description matches Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_Shughni-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing Shughni-language text">Articles containing Shughni-language text</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:%22Related_ethnic_groups%22_needing_confirmation" title="Category:"Related ethnic groups" needing confirmation">"Related ethnic groups" needing confirmation</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_using_infobox_ethnic_group_with_image_parameters" title="Category:Articles using infobox ethnic group with image parameters">Articles using infobox ethnic group with image parameters</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 10 September 2024, at 03:33<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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