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Prospering from its location on the Silk Road between China, Persia and Europe, at times Samarkand was one of the largest [4] cities in Central Asia, [5] and was an important city of the empires of Greater Iran. [6] By the time of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, it was the capital of the Sogdian satrapy.
The Samarkand Oblast [a] was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire between 1887 and 1924. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day central Uzbekistan and northwestern Tajikistan . It was created out of the northeastern part of the Emirate of Bukhara .
Location of Zeravshan River in Central Asia. Zeravshan River and Samarkand from space. [1] The Zarafshon [2] [a] is a river in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in Central Asia. Its name, "spreader of gold" in Persian, refers to the presence of gold-bearing sands in the upper reaches of the river. To the ancient Greeks it was known as the Polytimetus. [3]
806 - Led by Rafi ibn al-Layth, Samarkand revolted against Ali ibn Isa ibn Mahan, Governor of Khurasan due to his oppressive taxation. [4] 819 - Samanid rule of Samarkand begins. Nuh ibn Asad was appointed authority over the city of Samarkand by Caliph Al-Ma'mun's governor of Khurasan, Ghassan ibn 'Abbad, as a reward for his support against the ...
Shishpir, originally ruler of Kish, conquered Samarkand in 631-642 CE and founded the Ikhshid dynasty. [3] His rule in Samarkand followed that of the Hunnic tribes who had taken control of the city since around 437 CE. The founder Shishpir was succeeded by several generations of kings, who are recorded in Chinese chronicles and known through ...
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Kafir-kala ("Fortress of the infidels") is an ancient fortress 12 kilometers south of the city center of Samarkand in Uzbekistan, protecting the southern border of the Samarkand oasis It consists in a central citadel built in mud-bricks and measuring 75 × 75 meters at its base has six towers and is surrounded by a moat, still visible today. [ 2 ]
Location; Location: Samarkand, Uzbekistan: ... شاه زنده, meaning "The Living King") is a necropolis in the north-eastern part of Samarkand, Uzbekistan ...