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Roshorv (Tajik: Рошорв) is a village in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, southeastern Tajikistan. It is part of the jamoat in Rushon District. It lies on the upper reaches of the river Bartang. Roshorv is situated on a plateau and is settled and has cultivated land. In his journey the Pamir Mountains in 1897-98, British agent Ralph Cobbold passed through Roshorv. In his memoirs Cobbold stated that the village had fifty houses. The population of Roshorv is Tajik and speaks a district dialect of the Rushani language.