Babadaýhan District
Babadaýhan District | |
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| Babadaýhan etraby Бабадайхан этрабы | |
| Coordinates: 37°41′31″N 60°23′36″E / 37.69194°N 60.39333°E | |
| Country |  Turkmenistan |
| Province | Ahal Province |
| Capital | Babadaýhan |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (+5) |
Babadaýhan District (Turkmen: Babadaýhan etraby, Бабадайхан этрабы) is a district of Ahal Province in Turkmenistan.[1][2]
The name Babadaýhan is the Turkmenized form of the Persian name Bābā-Dihqān (بابادهقان), which eans “Forefather Farmer”, a mythological and ritual character whose cult has been reported in agrarian communities of mountainous and lowland Tajikistan, North Afghanistan and adjacent rural areas of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan.[3]
As an Iranian mythological figure, Bābā-ye Dehqān is believed to be the first man and the first farmer who taught his profession to mankind through a chain of his successors.[4]
References
- ^ Ахалский Велаят Archived 2008-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Turkmenistan Districts
- ^ Krasnowolska, Anna: BĀBĀ-YE DEHQĀN, in Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2009.
- ^ Krasnowolska, Anna: BĀBĀ-YE DEHQĀN, in Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2009.
| Ahal Region | |
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| Balkan Region | |
| Daşoguz Region | |
| Lebap Region | |
| Mary Region | |
| City of Ashgabat | |
| City of Arkadag | |
| City of Türkmenbaşy | |
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