Principality of Ushrusana

Principality of Ushrusana
circa 600–892/3
Coin in the name of Rakhanch, lord of Ushrusana. Tamgha symbol on the reverse with name of the ruler in Sogdian rγʾnč MRAY "Raxānič Afšīn".[1] Excavated in the Palace of Kala-i Kakhkakha I, Bunjikat. 7th century CE, National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan (RTL 213).[2] of Ushrusana
Coin in the name of Rakhanch, lord of Ushrusana. Tamgha symbol on the reverse with name of the ruler in Sogdian rγʾnč MRAY "Raxānič Afšīn".[1] Excavated in the Palace of Kala-i Kakhkakha I, Bunjikat. 7th century CE, National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan (RTL 213).[2]
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Location of the Afshins of Ushruna, and neighbouring polities.
CapitalBunjikath
Common languagesSogdian
Persian
Religion
Zoroastrianism
(???-822)
Sunni Islam
(822-892)
GovernmentMonarchy
Afshin 
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Established
circa 600
• Samanid conquest
892/3
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Hephthalite Empire
Western Turkic Khaganate
Samanid Empire

The Principality of Ushrusana (also spelled Usrushana, Osrushana or Ustrushana)[3] was a local dynasty ruling the Ushrusana region, in the northern area of modern Tajikistan, from an unknown date to 892 CE. Ushrusana, just like Ferghana, did not belong to Sogdia proper, but its inhabitants wrote in Sogdian, and may have spoken the Sogdian language as well.[4] The rulers of the principality were known by their title of Afshin.

  1. ^ Šafiʿī, I. (2018). "ARAMAIC TRACES THROUGH COINS IN THE IRANIAN WORLD" (PDF). Shodoznavstvo: 146.
  2. ^ Kurbanov, Sharofiddin (2021). Tadjikistan : au pays des fleuves d'or. Paris, Gand: Musée Guimet, Editions Snoeck. p. 152. ISBN 978-9461616272.
  3. ^ Dani, Ahmad Hasan; Litvinsky, B. A. (January 1996). History of Civilizations of Central Asia: The crossroads of civilizations, A.D. 250 to 750. UNESCO. p. 260. ISBN 978-92-3-103211-0.
  4. ^ Marshak, Boris I. (2003). "The Archaeology of Sogdiana" (PDF). The Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg: 3.