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Plateau Tajiks, or highland Tajiks, Pamir Tajiks, mountain Tajiks, also called Tajiks in China (Chinese: 塔吉克族, Pinyin: Tǎjíkè Zú), are one of the 56 nationalities officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.

This group, with a population of 41,028 (2000), is located mainly in China's western Xinjiang region with 60% living in Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County. They are a collection of over a dozen small East Iranian ethnic groups. The Ethnologue claims that they are actually Shugni and Wakhi, distinct from the West Iranian Persian-speaking Tajiks of Tajikistan. Aurel Stein and other writers from his time referred to them simply as Sarikoli. Some have referred to them simply as "Mountain Tajiks." Robert Shaw considered them Sarikolis and Wakhis, referring to them collectively as Ghalchah.

In China, the languages of Pamiris have no official written form. The great majority of Chinese Pamiris speakers speak the Sarikoli language and use Uyghur, Kyrgyz or Chinese to communicate with people of other nationalities in the area. A small proportion of Chinese Pamiri speakers speak Wakhi.

History

Tang dynasty, as the son of Han Chinese and the Heaven

In Tang dynasty, they're known as Cina-deva-gotra (from Sanskrit; Chinese transcription: 至那提婆瞿呾羅, 支那提婆瞿怛羅 or 脂那提婆瞿怛羅), literally the descendant of Han and the sun-god (Chinese: 漢日天种 or 日漢天种).

However, this name is in fact origin from the following story: the Persian (波利剌斯) emperor was to marry a Chinese wife, but while the

of Khanate of Kokand

See also

• Iranian peoples
• Iranian languages

External links

• The Tajik ethnic minority (China) (government website, in English)
• All Tajiks (incl. Major ethnic in Tajikstan, Tajiks in China, etc.)
  • Sarikoli Tajiks in China
  • Guhjali/Wakhi Tajiks in China

References

1. ^ "Plateau Tajiks celebrates the Xiaogong Bahar Festival (Tajik Nowruz) - Tashkurgan Goverment". Retrieved 2009-04-18.
2. "The Tajik Ethnic Group". China.org.cn. June 21, 2005. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
3. Pam Arlund. "Research on Bilingual Phenomenon of Tajiks in Kashgar Prefecture". Language and Translation (ISSN 1001-0823). 2000.1 (61): 12. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
4. Ethnologue report for language code:tgk
5. A Journey of Geographical and Archarological Exploration in Chinese Turkestan A Stein - 1904 - ... 15,800 feet above the sea), into Chinese territory on the Taghdumbash Pamir, using the yaks of the Sarikoli herdsmen...
6. The Heart of a Continent - Younghusband - ...an encampment belonging to a Sarikoli, who very kindly asked me to have some refreshment... (pg 242)
7. Through the Unknown Pamirs; the Second Danish Pamir Expedition 1898-99 By Ole Olufsen
8. 房, 若愚. "塔吉克族的爱国主义传统" (PDF). Tribune of Social Sciences in Xinjiang. Retrieved 2009-03-27. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
9. Xuan, Zang. Great Tang Records on the Western Regions. Vol. 12. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
10. "Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books" (JPG, HTML & PDF). Retrieved 2009-03-27.
11. Gu, Bingshu. "The Tajik People: Crown on the Roof of the World" (PDF). Glamour of Traditions. Retrieved 2009-03-27. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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