Chagatai Tajiks

The Chagatai (also Chagatai Tajiks or Tajik Chagatai) were a sub-ethnic group of Tajiks living in the Surxondaryo Region of southeastern Uzbekistan and in southern Tajikistan. They were estimated to number 63,500 in 1924–25.: 41  Together with the Kharduri, the Chagatai are one of the ethnographic groups of Tajiks who maintain a distinct identity.: 183  The origin of the people is unknown, although the name Chagatai is of Mongol origin, as Chagatai Khan was a son of Genghis Khan.: 41 

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