Babadaýhan District
Kirov, (Cyrillic Киров) ????-1992 | |
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Babadaýhan etraby Cyrillic Бабадайхан этрабы | |
Coordinates: 37°41′31″N 60°23′36″E / 37.69194°N 60.39333°E | |
Country | Turkmenistan |
Province | Ahal Province |
Capital | Babadaýhan |
Government | |
• häkim | Muhammetmyrat Amangeldiýewiç Garaýew [1] |
Time zone | UTC+5 |
Babadaýhan District ( Turkmen: Babadaýhan etraby, Бабадайхан этрабы) is a district of Ahal Province, Turkmenistan. [2] [3] From the Soviet period until 1992, the settlement was named in honor of Sergei Kirov. On 26 June 1992, by Parliamentary Resolution No. 729-XII, Kirov District and its capital were renamed Babadaýhan.
The name Babadaýhan is the Turkmenized form of the Persian name Bābā-Dihqān (بابادهقان), which eans “Forefather Farmer”, a mythological and ritual character whose cult has been reported in agrarian communities of mountainous and lowland Tajikistan, North Afghanistan and adjacent rural areas of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan. [4] As an Iranian mythological figure, Bābā-ye Dehqān is believed to be the first man and the first farmer who taught his profession to mankind through a chain of his successors. [5]
Babadaýhan District
Kirov, (Cyrillic Киров) ????-1992 | |
---|---|
Babadaýhan etraby Cyrillic Бабадайхан этрабы | |
Coordinates: 37°41′31″N 60°23′36″E / 37.69194°N 60.39333°E | |
Country | Turkmenistan |
Province | Ahal Province |
Capital | Babadaýhan |
Government | |
• häkim | Muhammetmyrat Amangeldiýewiç Garaýew [1] |
Time zone | UTC+5 |
Babadaýhan District ( Turkmen: Babadaýhan etraby, Бабадайхан этрабы) is a district of Ahal Province, Turkmenistan. [2] [3] From the Soviet period until 1992, the settlement was named in honor of Sergei Kirov. On 26 June 1992, by Parliamentary Resolution No. 729-XII, Kirov District and its capital were renamed Babadaýhan.
The name Babadaýhan is the Turkmenized form of the Persian name Bābā-Dihqān (بابادهقان), which eans “Forefather Farmer”, a mythological and ritual character whose cult has been reported in agrarian communities of mountainous and lowland Tajikistan, North Afghanistan and adjacent rural areas of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan. [4] As an Iranian mythological figure, Bābā-ye Dehqān is believed to be the first man and the first farmer who taught his profession to mankind through a chain of his successors. [5]