The ethnic group in China with this name speaks the Sarikoli and Wakhi languages.
The ethnic group in China with this name speaks the Sarikoli and Wakhi languages. Sadriddin Ayni is the national poet of this people, and the conqueror of the Saffarids, Ismail ibn Ahmad of the Samanid dynasty, is considered the founding father of this people. One member of this ethnic group was Ahmad Shah Massoud, who fought against both the Soviets and the Taliban. The most numerous speakers of the Dari language, they are the 2nd largest ethnic group in Afghanistan after the Pashtuns, where they are concentrated in Herat province, and are also prominent in Bukhara and Samarkand in southeastern Uzbekistan. For 10 points, name this foremost Persian-speaking ethnic group of the former Soviet Union, that comprises 75% of the population of a country that contains most of the Pamirs.
The ethnic group in China with this name speaks the Sarikoli and Wakhi languages.
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