List of mirs of Shighnan
The Mir of Shighnan was the ruler of Shighnan, a region that occasionally was politically independent and at other times was subservient to Badakhshan, the Khanate of Kokand, and Afghanistan. The seat of power of the Mir of Shighnan was at Qaleh Barpanjeh. In 1883 the last Mir of Shighnan, Yusuf Ali Khan, was ousted from power by the Afghan government and Shighnan became the Shighnan District in the Afghan Province of Badakhshan. In the 1890s Afghanistan transferred control of half of Shighnan to Russia. This area became the Shughnon District and today is a district in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in Tajikistan.
