Khojend

Khojend, a walled town of Russian Turkestan, on the Sir-Daria, 75 miles S. by W. of Khokand, and 150 E. by N. of Samarcand. It stands in the midst of gardens, and manufactures silk. At one time independent, it was alternately in the hands of the emirs of Bokhara and Khokand until the Russians seized it in 1865. Pop. 35,000.