The dihqans were the landed nobles, large and small, of Central Asia and eastern Iran. The rich merchant clan of the Kashkathan in Bukhara was said not to have been dihqans by origin. This shows where the line ran between land and trade.[1] The second half of the ninth century was probably a time of social decline for them.[2] At the beginning of the tenth century the old Sogdian noble society was dead or dying. The word dihqan then took on its new Persian meaning of peasant and farmer.[3]
References
Literature
- Étienne de la Vaissière, Sogdian Traders: A History (2005)
What links here4
- Battles & Events
- Abrui and Shir-i Kishvar
- Places
- Bukhara
- Peoples
- Sogdians
Cite this article
Yavuz, Emre-E. “Dihqan.” Turkic Atlas, revised 28 October 2026. https://turkicatlas.org/institutions/dihqan/
Last revised: 28 October 2026
