Darshai
{{Short description|Village in Tajikistan}}
Darshai, also known as Darshay, is a village in Tajikistan.{{Cite book |last1=Bakker |first1=Jan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2PN6DwAAQBAJ |title=Trekking in Tajikistan: The northern ranges, Pamirs and Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor |last2=Oriol |first2=Christine |date=2018-11-15 |publisher=Cicerone Press Limited |isbn=978-1-78362-704-2 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Mayhew |first=Bradley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I9koCwAAQBAJ |title=Asia centrale |date=2015-03-16 |publisher=EDT srl |isbn=978-88-592-0752-8 |language=it}} It falls in Ishkoshim District of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast.{{Cite book |last=Mastibekov |first=Otambek |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qM-WAwAAQBAJ |title=Leadership and Authority in Central Asia: The Ismaili Community in Tajikistan |date=2014-05-16 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-00683-9 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last1=Dagiev |first1=Dagikhudo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Us5wDwAAQBAJ |title=Identity, History and Trans-Nationality in Central Asia: The Mountain Communities of Pamir |last2=Faucher |first2=Carole |date=2018-09-28 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-12424-9 |language=en}}
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| official_name = Darshai
| settlement_type = Village
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| subdivision_name1 = Gorno-Badakhshan
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Terrain
Darshai lies in the Wakhan Valley which was an important branch on the Silk Road.{{Cite web |title=The Silk Road castles and temples: Ancient Wakhan in legends and history |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/ |website=Taylor & Francis}}{{Cite web |title=Tajikistan Diary: Rumor-Bound in Badakhshan |url=https://eurasianet.org/tajikistan-diary-rumor-bound-in-badakhshan |website=Eurasianet}} The valley is part of Pamir mountain range.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-22 |title=You've Got a Friend {{!}} On the Roof of the World in Tajikistan |url=https://outpostmagazine.com/youve-got-a-friend-tajikistan-raymond/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=Outpost Magazine |language=en-CA}} The area is rich in minerals.{{Cite journal |last1=Bobokhodjaev |first1=I. Ya |last2=Davlatmamadov |first2=Sh M. |date=1994-07-01 |title=The mineral sources of Ishkashim district; Mineral'nie istochniki Ishkashimskogo rayona |url=https://www.osti.gov/etdeweb/biblio/20966462 |journal=OSTI |language=Russian}}
Architecture
The houses here have typical Pamiri interior with a skylight at the centre of the ceiling in an artistic arrangement of four wooden squares thought to be representing Zoroastrian elements of air, water, earth and fire.