KHOJEND, a town of Independent Turkistan, Central Asia, and Khanat of Khokan, on the Jaxartes, 90 miles W. of Khokan. It is surrounded by walls and wet-ditches, and intersected by canals. It manufactures coarse cotton goods, and carries on a considerable trade in these, and Russian merchandise. Caravans entering the Khanat from Bokhara pay toll at Khojend.