The Karategin Uzbeks (formerly known as Dormon Uzbeks) are a
Karluk-
Turkic ethnic group, indigenous to
Karategin,
Tajikistan, but now living in the regions between
Balkh and
Kabul, in North
Afghanistan. In the 16th century they were expelled by the
Kyrgyz to their present homeland.
The name Karategin derives from the historical region of
Karategin, in
Tajikistan. Before the Kyrgyz had expanded to the southern regions of
Fergana,
Kulob and
Balkh, the Karategin Uzbeks (formerly known as Dormon Uzbeks) used to live there.
Sources
Bukinich Dmitry, N. I. Vavilov's expedition to Afghanistan (1924),
[1]. [The Institute of Applied Botany (Leningrad) sent an expedition to Afghanistan in 1924, consisting of the director of the Institute, Prof. N. I. Vavilov, the engineer-agronomist, D. D. Bukinich, and the agronomist, V. N. Lebedev.[2] During this period, the Karategin Uzbeks were recorded in the context of Anthropological fieldwork for the first time.]
Кыргыздардын жана Кыргызстандын тарыхый булактары. II т. Бишкек [Historical sources of the Kyrgyz and Kyrgyzstan. Vol. 2, Bishkek], 2003. – pp. 221-238-б.
1 Central Asian (i.e.
Turkmeni,
Afghani and
Iranian)
Turkmens, distinct from Levantine (i.e.
Iraqi and
Syrian) Turkmen/Turkoman minorities, who mostly adhere to an Ottoman-Turkish heritage and identity.
2 In traditional areas of Turkish settlement (i.e. former
Ottoman territories).