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The Rasht Valley (; ) is located in Tajikistan and composes a significant portion of the Region of Republican Subordination, including the five districts of Lakhsh District, Rasht District, Tavildara now Sangvor, Tajikobod and Nurabad. Historically the Rasht Valley has been called Karotegin or Karategin. During the 1992-1997 Tajikistan Civil War, the region was a stronghold for forces opposed to the government of Emomalii Rahmon and became the site of numerous battles. Notably, four members of the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan were murdered in the Garm district in 1998.
From the 1920s until 1955 the Rasht Valley was within the Gharm Oblast.
The Karotegin consisted of a highland district bounded on the north by Samarkand and Kokand, on the east by Ferghana, on the south by Darvaz and on the west by Hisor and other Bokharian provinces. Traditionally rough woolen cloth and mohair were woven by the natives, who also made excellent firearms and other weapons. Gold was mined in various places and there were salt-pits in the mountains. The chief town, Garm, situated on a hill on the right bank of the Vakhsh River, was a place of some 2,000 inhabitants, . The population was about 60,000 in 1911; five-sixths were composed of Tajik people while the remainder were Kyrgyz people, who reside in what is today the Jirgatol district of Tajikistan. Historically it was difficult for the people of the Karotegin to communicate with neighboring lands except between the months of May and September.
The 1949 Khait earthquake resulted in the Khait landslide, which killed over 30,000 people.
Karategin-Kyrgyz Confederation
The Karategin-Kyrgyz Confederation is a Kyrgyz-led tribal alliance established in the Karategin province of Tajikistan. Twelve thousand Kyrgyz families previously living in the Karakorum and Kherlen River regions of Mongolia had come to the Karategin region in the 16th century.
Background
On January 12, 1636, a group of twelve Kyrgyz Tengrism of the Karategin biy tribe tried to settle in Balkh, in north Afghanistan. Shortly after, they attempted to return to their lands because the city was shaped deeply . The Khan of the Khanate of Bukhara, Nadr Muhammad Khan, sent the governor of Fergana Valley (Haji Atalik) to the region to seize Karategin. In this way, Karategin became an integral part of the Bukhara Khanate and the Kyrgyz pilgrims were allowed to settle. These Kyrgyz later accepted Islam as their faith. Later on, the Kyrgyz tribal members attacked the city of Kulab. During that time Karategin Uzbeks lived in the city, but they lost the war and fled to Balkh Province, Afghanistan. The Kyrgyzs have expanded their territory far into the northern boundaries of Afghanistan.Кыргыздардын жана Кыргызстандын тарыхый булактары. II т. Бишкек Historical, 2003. – 229-231-б.
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