The first mention in the historical literature of the mountains of light dates back to the 10th century AD . In the writings of Narhas.h.i.+ .

Mountains "Light" they got their name in the days of Arab rule . How did the mountains build up before? n.o.body remembers . But in the same mountains there are also old extensions, Lake Tangri . But there are many Arabic names in the most remote from the steppe roads, mountain gorges and pa.s.ses .

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Now for the most part only toponymic names have been preserved from them, but in some places you can still find individual stone ruins . Alas . . . no one can seriously take on their restoration, and you could create a good tourist route . But . . .

In the mountains of "Light", rather even the southwestern extremities of the ridge, the graves of Arab soldiers on guard at the border have been preserved . Times 7-8 centuries . There is now a National Park .

If we talk about the influence of empires on Small-An, then these were the Persians, Greeks, Chinese, Arabs, Mongols and Russians, Turks . Other great empires of the 19th century only indirectly exerted their influence - the French, Germans, Austrians, j.a.panese .

In the 20th century after the first world war in Small Ahn, there were many foreigners - Belgians, Hungarians, Italians, Austrians, Germans, Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, j.a.panese . Some left to live in this country . The last descendants of which went into another world in the 80s of the last century .

Since the 15th century, there have also been settlements in Small An, including Abisins, Persians, Greeks, earlier even Arabs, Mongols, Chinese, Hindus, Afghans, Bulgarians, Kashgars . . .

After the Second World War - j.a.panese, Germans, Italians, Romanians, Americans .

There were American professors in mathematics, a boxing trainer who created their own schools, and went into another world in the 70-80s of the last century .

Still in the countryside south of the Svet Mountains, Persian and Arab villages have been preserved . True, the Arabic language is very different from modern . Residents of the villages speak old Arabic, which was supplemented by local dialects . According to scientists, the Arabic language that is in those villages corresponds to the language in the 8-11 centuries of our era . And Persian - 16-18 centuries .

For example, the Persian word "Darya" is translated from them as a sea and not a river .

Trade routes, caravanserais, fortifications, customs points, wells, underground reservoirs are still preserved in places in the form of ruins and place names .

This is a very interesting topic that needs research .