Hissar
Hissar is the most common translation of the Tajik - Persian geographical name "ҳисор", derived from the Arabic - Turkish word hisar ( Arabic حصار, DMG ḥiṣār ) and means "fortress" there. Alternative transcriptions are Hissor and Gissar ("Gissartal", "Gissargebirge"), the latter is transferred from the Russian transcription "гиссар".
Hissar means in Tajikistan:
- Hissar (district) , a district in the west of Dushanbe
- Hissor , capital of the district of the same name in the west of Dushanbe
- Hissar Mountains , a mountain range in Western Tajikistan and Southeast Uzbekistan
- Hissar Valley , a fertile valley in western Tajikistan where Dushanbe is located
- Hissar culture , a Neolithic civilization in what is now Tajikistan, in the west of Dushanbe
- Hissar sheep, a breed of sheep from the Hissar Valley in western Tajikistan
Hissar refers to the following historical places:
- Bala Hissar , fortress outside Kabul, Afghanistan
- Hissar (historical site) , fortress and other historical buildings outside of Hissor, Tajikistan
- Gardani Hissar , a Sogdian fortress from the 5th to 8th centuries in northwest Tajikistan (Aini district)
- Puschti Hissar , a fortress in northwest Tajikistan (Aini district)
- Tepe Hissar , hill of ruins near Damghan in Iran
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