Marghilon

Formerly �Margilan, � city, eastern Uzbekistan. It lies 19 miles (30 km) north of Fergana. Originally known as Marginan, it probably dates back to the 2nd - 1st century BC, when one branch of the great Silk Road to the Orient ran through the Fergana Valley. It was an important commercial town in the 10th - 12th century AD, and one of the largest cities in the valley in the 16th century. It formed part of the khanate of Kokand