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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 819 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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HAIBAK , a See also:

TOWN

town and khanate of Afghan See also:

Turkestan. The valley of Haibak, which is 3100 ft. above See also:

sea level, is fertile and richly cultivated. The town, which is famed in See also:

Persian See also:

LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, consists now of only a couple of streets, containing many See also:

HINDU

Hindu shops and a small See also:

garrison. The inhabitants See also:

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call themselves Jagatais, a See also:

TURKI

Turki See also:

RACE

race, though now generally mixed with Tajiks and speaking Persian. In the neighbourhood of Haibak are some very typical Buddhist ruins. Haibak derives its importance from its position on the See also:

main See also:

LINE

line of communication between See also:

KABUL

Kabul and Afghan Turkestan.

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