Farah-Chakansur Province is a defunct province of Afghanistan. In 1863, Sher Ali Khan formed the province of Farah and separated it from Herat and Kandahar. Formerly Farah had been subject to Herat, but instead he made it a separate province and gave it to his cousin, Sardar Mohammad Afzal (not to be confused with Mohammad Afzal Khan.)[1] In 1964 it was divided into Farah Province and Nimruz Province.[2] The former province's capital was Farah.

The province was divided into seven districts:[2]

  1. Farah
  2. Lash Wa Juwain
  3. Chakhansur
  4. Posht-i Rud
  5. Bakwa
  6. Gulistan
  7. Shahiwan
Farah-Chakansur Province
Province of Afghanistan
1863–1964
CapitalFarah
  TypeProvince
History 
 Established
1863
 Disestablished
1964
Succeeded by
Farah Province
Nimruz Province
Today part ofAfghanistan

References

  1. "Government and Society in Afghanistan: The Reign of Amir Abd Al-Rahman Khan – Kakar History Foundation". Retrieved 2021-12-04.
  2. 1 2 Adamec, Ludwig W.; Branch, India Army General Staff (1973). Historical and Political Gazetteer of Afghanistan, Vol. 2: Farah and Southwestern Afghanistan. Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. ISBN 978-3-201-00857-0.

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