ELP ID
11216
ELP Language
Rushani
Ethnic Population
5,300
Public Comment
Data concerning the Roshani population is to be found in the official list of the towns and villages in the Tadzhik SSR (Stalinabad 1932) -- there were 5,838 inhabitants in Roshan, including 653 in the village of Khufi and 424 in Baju. According to A. Dyakov, about 2,000 to 3,000 people lived in Afghanistan's Roshan on the left bank of the River Pyandzh. According to records from 1939, 5,300 Roshani lived in the Tadzhik SSR.
Source
The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
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