Principality of Farghana | |||||||
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before 712–819 | |||||||
Status | Autonomous principality, at times client of the Umayyads and the Turgesh or Tang Dynasty | ||||||
Capital | Akhsikath | ||||||
Common languages | Sogdian | ||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||
Ikhshid | |||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||
• Established | before 712 | ||||||
• Samanid conquest | 819 | ||||||
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The Principality of Farghana (also spelled Ferghana, Fergana, and Fargana) was a local Iranian dynasty of Sogdian origin, which ruled the Farghana region from an unknown date to 819. The rulers of the region were known by their titles of "ikhshid" and "dehqan". The capital of the principality was Akhsikath.