Babadaýhan District
| Babadaýhan District | |
|---|---|
| District | |
| Country |
 Turkmenistan |
| Province | Ahal Province |
| Capital | Babadaýhan |
| Time zone | +5 (UTC+5) |
Babadaýhan District 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
- ↑ Turkmenistan Districts
- ↑ Krasnowolska, Anna: BĀBĀ-YE DEHQĀN, in Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2009.
- ↑ Krasnowolska, Anna: BĀBĀ-YE DEHQĀN, in Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2009.
Coordinates: 37°58′N 58°20′E / 37.967°N 58.333°E
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