Pamir Peoples

ETHNONYMS: Egamik, Pamirians, Pamirian Tajiks

Kinship

The patrilineal group consisted of several patrilineal extended families that lived together and cooperated economically. The extended families consisted variously of parents with one or two married sons, or several couples (married brothers or male first cousins), or a small family with unmarried children and a parent or other relative of the husband (rarely of the wife).

Bibliography

Bennigsen, Alexandre, and S. Enders Wimbush (1986). "Pamirian Peoples." In Muslims of the Soviet Empire: A Guide. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

Monogarova, L. F. (1989). The Ethnic Affiliation of the Population of the Gorno-Badakhshanskaya Autonomous District in the Ethnic History and Traditional Culture of the Peoples of Central Asia and Kazakhstan (in Russian). Nukus.

Mukhtarov, A. M., ed. (1984-1985). Pamir Studies ( Collection of Articles ) (in Russian). Parts 1, 2. Dushanbe.

LIDIA MONOGAROVA, ASSISTED BY RICHARD FRYE (Translated by Paul Friedrich)