Isfara Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Tajikistan
About Isfara
The town of Isfara was founded in the 15th century by Arabs who had entered into the Ferghana Valley as part of the broader Arab conquest of Central Asia. The town was originally calledAspara. The first mention of the city in literary sources was in the 16th century by Babur, who praised the city's almonds and fruits. (Babur later went on to conquer northwestern India, establishing the Mughal Empire there.) In the post-Babur era, Isfara was under the control of the Khanate of Kokand, which was based in the city ofQo'qonin today's Uzbekistan. In 1876, the Khanate of Kokand was dissolved into the expanding Russian Empire. With the Russian Revolution in 1917, Isfara found itself in the Soviet Union. Originally, it (along with the rest of Tajikistan) was part of the Uzbekistan Soviet Socialist
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