Rishton
Rishton / Риштан
Rishton is located in Uzbekistan
Rishton
Rishton
Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 40°21′24″N 71°17′05″E / 40.35667°N 71.28472°E / 40.35667; 71.28472
Country Uzbekistan
RegionFergana Region
DistrictRishton District
Elevation
471 m (1,545 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total34,800
Websitewww.rishton.uz

Rishton (Uzbek: Rishton, Tajik: Рештон, Russian: Риштан, alternative spellings Rishtan, Rishdan, Roshidon, previously called also Kyubishev by Russians) is a city in Fergana Region, in Uzbekistan. It is the administrative center of Rishton District.[2] Its population is 34,800 (2016).[1] It is located about halfway between Kokand and Fergana at latitude 40°21'24N longitude 71°17'5E, and at an elevation of 471 meters.

A piece of ceramics from Rishton

Rishton is the most famous, and one of the oldest centers of ceramics in Uzbekistan. A fine quality reddish-yellow clay deposit 1-1.5 meters deep and 0.5-1.5 meters thick underlies almost the whole Rishton area. The clay can be used without refinement or addition of other types of clay from other regions. Besides clay, the potters of Rishton extracted various dyes, quartz sand, and fire clay from the surrounding the mountains. The special "ishkor" blue glaze is manufactured by natural mineral pigments and mountain ash plants.[3] The Khoja Ilgor Mosque was built in 1905 by craftsmen Eshonkhon and Noribai.[4][5]

Hanafi scholar Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani, the author of the book al-Hidayah, was born in this small town and grew up in neighbouring Margilan.[6]

Main languages spoken in this area are Tajik and Uzbek.

Population

Recent studies of scientists have established that the anthropological type of Uzbeks and Tajiks was formed at the end of the I millennium BC in the valleys of the middle and lower reaches of the Sayxun and spread to the valleys of Fergana, Khwarazm and Zarafshon in the II-III centuries AD. The ancient ancestors of these ethnic groups were the Sakas,[7][8][9][10] Massageteans,[11] Tocharians.[12] (according to Chinese sources yuezhi). The process of their formation was influenced by Turkic nationalities, nomadic from the north to the Interfluve, Persian-speaking tribes from the south of the Amu Darya at the end of the I millennium BC and at the beginning of the I millennium AD. Significant influence was exerted by Xionites, Kidarites, and Hephthalites in the IV-V centuries.[13][14][15]

In 1882, 17,970 people lived in the parish (of whom 4,900 lived in the parish center of Rishtan), and in 1909, 21,811 people lived there (of whom 6,415 lived in the parish center).[16] The population consisted of Uzbeks, Sarts, Tajiks and Kyrgyz, among others. The number of Russians according to these data did not exceed 10 people. Tajiks were the main population of the administrative center of Rishtan volost, Qala e Naw village, Kashkaryan village (Kashkaryon), the rest of the villages were mainly inhabited by Sarts, Uzbeks and other various Turkicized Mongolian tribes, Turkicized Persian-speaking indigenous population, etc.[17][18]

In 1909 Rishtan parish was a part of Bashkir district, 21,811 people lived in the parish. In this table, in addition to the villages of Rishtan parish, there are some villages of Zadiyan parish, which are now part of Rishtan district.

Main sights

Khoja Ilgor Mosque is an architectural monument located in Rishtan (Fergana Region, Uzbekistan).[19] It was built in 1905 and was constructed in the Islamic architectural style. The Hodja Ilgor Mosque is a typical example of the Fergana multi-column, frontally opened cultic building. It is currently a functioning mosque. Presently, it is included in the list of Uzbekistan's nationally significant cultural heritage sites.[20]

References

  1. 1 2 Soliyev, A.S. Shaharlar geografiyasi [Geography of cities] (PDF) (in Uzbek). p. 146.
  2. ↑ "Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (in Uzbek and Russian). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2020.
  3. ↑ "rishton".
  4. ↑ Mamadaliyev, Xushnudbek (2022). Fargʻona Vodiysi Shaharlari Tarixi (XIX – XX Asr Boshlari) [History of the Cities of the Fergonah Valley (Early 19th-20th Centuries)] (PDF) (in Uzbek). Tashkent: Fan Ziyosi. ISBN 978-9943-747-45-6.
  5. ↑ "Xoʻja Ilgʻor Masjidi". uzsmart.uz. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  6. ↑ "Rishton travel guide". Caravanistan. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  7. ↑ Andrew Dalby. Dictionary of Languages: the definitive reference to more than 400 languages, Columbia University Press, 2004. — P. 278.
  8. ↑ Sarah Iles Johnston. Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide, Harvard University Press, 2004. — P. 197.
  9. ↑ Edward A Allworth. Central Asia: A Historical Overview. — Duke University Press, 1994. — P. 86.
  10. ↑ Литвинский Б. А. Саки которые за Согдом // Памяти М. С. Андреева. Труды АН Тадж. ССР. ИИАЭ. 120. — Сталинабад, 1960. — С. 92.
  11. ↑ Массагеты. // БРЭ. — М., 2011. — Т. 19.
  12. ↑ Семёнов Вл. А. Древнейшая миграция индоевропейцев на Восток (К столетию тохарских рукописей). — Петербургский Археологический Вестник, 1993, № 4.
  13. ↑ Размышления историка об «Этническом атласе Узбекистана» Х. Садыков
  14. ↑ Туркий кавмлар тарихи (История тюркских племен) Хасан Ато Абуший, Уфа, 1909.
  15. ↑ «Кудадгу билик» («Наука быть счастливым») Юсуф Хас-Хаджиб
  16. ↑ "Фергана - международное агентство новостей". www.fergananews.com. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  17. ↑ Списокъ населенныхъ местъ Ферганской области 1909 г.
  18. ↑ Бабабеков Х. Р. Народное движения в Кокандском ханстве и их социально-экономические и политические предпосылки (XIII—XIX вв.). Фан. 1990 г.
  19. ↑ "Кому принадлежит Ферганская долина и что там посмотреть?". vestikavkaza.ru. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  20. ↑ ""Об утверждении Национального перечня объектов недвижимости материального культурного наследия"". lex.uz. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
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