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• n  city in southern Uzbekistan; Tamerlane's opulent capital in the 14th century

• The Swedish Vikings who ventured east for samarkand were such splendid physical specimens that the 10th century Arab voyager Ibn Fadlan felt moved to write, "I have never before .
• The Swedish Vikings who ventured east for samarkand were such splendid physical specimens that the 10th century Arab voyager Ibn Fadlan felt moved to write,.

• Samarkand
• Samarcand

News & Articles

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• Uzbekistan: Tajik Language Under Pressure in Ancient Samarkand
  Copyright show:  No Back in the days of the fabled Silk Road, Samarkand was a byword for cross-cultural exchange. For hundreds of years, Tajik served as a lingua franca in this flourishing center of Persian civilization, situated in present-day Uzbekistan. But now, Uzbek authorities seem intent on ripping up the city’s Tajik roots. read more
  Nov. 5, 2013 - EurasiaNet

Quotes

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• Craig Murray in guardian.co.uk
  There's been a lot of interest,said Murray, who is now rector of the University of Dundee after he was sacked from his position in Uzbekistan after criticising the country's human rights record. "Murder in Samarkand sold about 23,000,...