Taloqan

Taloqan (Persian, kuma an rubuta Taleqan ko Taluqan) shi ne babban birnin Lardin Takhar, a arewa maso gabashin Afghanistan. Tana cikin Gundumar Taluqan . An kiyasta yawan jama'a a 196,400 a shekara ta 2006.
A shekarar 2021, Taliban ta sami iko da lardin a lokacin Harin Taliban na 2021.

Tarihi
Tsohon birni da ke yamma a gefen kogi Marco Polo ya bayyana shi a cikin 1275 AZ kamar haka:

"wani gidan sarauta da ake kira Taikhan, inda akwai babban kasuwar masara, kuma ƙasar tana da kyau kuma tana da 'ya'ya. Duwatsun da ke kudu da ita suna da girma kuma suna da tsawo. Dukansu sun ƙunshi farin gishiri, mai wuyar gaske, wanda mutane ke da nisan kwana talatin, suna zuwa don samar da kansu, saboda ana girmama shi mafi tsarki da aka samu a duniya. Yana da wuya, cewa za'a iya karya shi ne kawai da manyan ƙwan ƙarfe."

A shekarar 1603, wani mai binciken Turai, Bento de Góis, ya ziyarci Taloqan ("Talhan"), wanda ke tafiya tare da wata mota daga Kabul zuwa Yarkand (a lokacin babban birnin Kashgaria). 

Tarihin baya-bayan nan
Hedikwatar Mujahideen ta Ahmad Shah Massoud ta kasance a Taloqan a lokacin yakin da ya yi da Sojojin Soviet da Taliban."The Journey of Benedict Goës from Agra to Cathay" - Henry Yule's translation of the relevant chapters of De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas, with detailed notes and an introduction. In:  Taloqan ita ce babbar birni ta ƙarshe da ta fada hannun Taliban, a ranar 5 ga Satumba 2000, bayan wani kewaye wanda ya yi ikirarin rayukan daruruwan fararen hula. Har ila yau, Taliban ta kama shi da jini ya haifar da ficewar jama'a, tare da fararen hula da ke guduwa zuwa Imam Sahib da Kwarin Panjshir. Sojojin Ƙungiyar Arewa sun sami nasarar dakatar da ci gaban Taliban zuwa arewa da gabashin birnin, amma ba su iya sake dawo da shi ba. Sojojin Arewacin Alliance ne suka 'yantar da Taloqan a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 2001 bayan mamayar Amurka a Afghanistan.

Taloqan a tushen Musulunci
Shaidar annabin Musulunci Muhammadu ta nuna cewa birnin zai taka muhimmiyar rawa game da Mahdi. Wani labari ta hanyar sarkar, Imam Baqir ya ce:"Allah Mai Iko Dukka yana da dukiya a Talaqan wanda ba na zinariya ko azurfa ba ne, amma ya ƙunshi dubu goma sha biyu (mutane), suna da 'Ahmad, Ahmad' don taken su. Wani saurayi Hashemite ne ke hawa alfadari mai launin toka kuma yana sanye da jan belin kai. Kamar dai zan iya ganinsa yana ƙetare Kogin Yufiretis. Idan kun ji game da zuwansa, gaggauta zuwa gare shi ko da idan kun yi tsalle a kan dusar ƙanƙara Wani labari ya ce: "Talaqan wuri ne na dukiyar Allah. Wadannan dukiyoyi ba na zinariya da azurfa ba ne, amma sun hada da mutanen da suka amince da Allah kamar yadda ya kamata su yi. "

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