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45 versts (1verst-1.06 km) to thesouth-eastofKarshi is thecityof Guzar, thecenterofthe Guzar principality, whose geographicallocation is on thehills on thewesternslopeoftheGissarmountainrange. [1, -663] Theprincipalityof Guzar is bordered on thenorthbytheupperreachesoftheGreatUradarya, on theeastbytheGreatUradaryaandtheeastern part ofKirshaktog, and on thewestby 35-40 latitudes. TheQuyitangRiver, whichflowsthroughthewestern part oftheprincipality, is considered to betheborderoftheprincipalitiesof Guzar andKelif. Theeastern, southernandwesternpartsofthe Guzar principalityconsistofmountainousareasfoundOnlythenorth-western part oftheprincipality, iethe part bordering on theKarshiprincipality, consistedof a plain. In the 19th century, theborderbetweentheprincipalitiesof Guzar andKarshibegan in thevillageofYangikent, which is locatedatanaltitudeof 1,150 feet (1ft-30.48 cm) abovesealevel. Theheightofthemountains in theeasternandsouth-eastern part ofthe Guzar principalitywas 2200-2400 feet.² [2, -154]Thecityof Guzar, thecenterofthe Guzar principality, hasbeenmentionedmanytimes in manyhistoricalworksabout Hazrat Amir Temur, fromSharafiddin Ali Yazdi's "Zafarnoma" to Zahiriddin Muhammad Babur's "Boburnoma". [3, -7]
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