Silk Road caravans had to cross the Pamirs to reach Central Asia.
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culture
China's share of the Pamirs is the Tashkurgan area of Xinjiang, home of the Tajik people (塔吉克族). Old Chinese texts call the range 葱岭 'the Onion Range', the name used in the records of pilgrims such as 玄奘, who crossed it on his way home from India.
usage
As a place name it usually comes with 高原 'plateau': 帕米尔高原 'the Pamir Plateau'. 帕 is the usual character for the sound 'pa' in foreign names.
