{{Infobox river | name = Yazghulom | image = | image_caption = | source1 = | source1_coordinates = {{coord|38.4884|72.1000|region:TJ_type:river|display=inline}} | mouth = [[Panj (river)|Panj]] | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|38.1856|71.3658|region:TJ_type:river|display=it}} | progression = {{RPanj}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Tajikistan]] | length = {{convert|80|km|abbr=on}} | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = {{convert|1970|km2|abbr=on}} }} The '''Yazghulom''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|j|æ|z|g|ʊ|ˈ|l|ɒ|m}} {{respell|YAZ-guu-LOM}}){{efn|{{langx|tg|Язғулом|Yazg‘ulom}}, {{IPA|tg|jɐzʁʊˈlɔm|IPA}}; [[Yazghulami language|Yazghulami]]: Зѓаменҷ ''Zǵamenj''<ref name="redbook">{{cite web |last1=Vahtre |first1=Lauri |last2=Viikberg |first2=Jüri |title=The Yazgulamis |url=https://www.eki.ee/books/redbook/yazgulamis.shtml |website=The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire |access-date=5 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Edelman |first1=D. I. |title=Jazguljamsko-russkij slovar’ |date=1971 |publisher=Nauka |location=Moscow |page=353}}</ref> {{IPA|yah|zɟɐˈmend͡ʒ|}}}} is a river in [[Vanj district]], western [[Gorno-Badakhshan]], [[Tajikistan]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fp7FDQAAQBAJ&q=Yazgulyam+River&pg=PT16|title=Tajikistan Republic. Nature and fauna of the Tajikistan|first=Romans|last=Arzjancevs|date=31 January 2018|publisher=Litres|isbn=9785040369645|access-date=21 March 2019|via=Google Books}}</ref> It is a right tributary of the [[Panj]] (upper [[Oxus]]). The river is {{convert|80|km|mi}} long and has a basin area of {{convert|1970|km2|mi2}}.<ref name=bse>[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article128115.html Язгулем], [[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]]</ref>
It flows in a narrow valley or gorge from northeast to southwest, between two high mountain ranges, the [[Vanj Range]] to the north and the [[Yazgulem Range]] to the south. Its headwaters are near the [[Fedchenko Glacier]]. Settlements in the valley include Motrawn, Budun, Andarbag and Zhamag. The [[Yazgulyam language|Yazghulami]] inhabitants number about 4,000 (as of 1990, estimate for 1940 is about 2,000).
In 1996 during the [[Tajikistan Civil War|Tajik civil war]], there was some fighting in Yazghulom Gorge between Yazghulami mujahiddin and Tajik troops.
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==External links== *[http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook/yazgulamis.shtml Info]
{{Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province}} {{List of rivers of Tajikistan}}
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