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    question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Sogdian characters. Samarkand or Samarqand (/ˈsæmərkænd/ SAM-ər-kand; Uzbek and Tajik: Самарқанд, pronounced...
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    Samarkand non or "Samarkand bread" is a traditional bread from Uzbekistan. It is a very popular bread that accompanies the numerous dishes of the traditional...
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    (Tamerlane) in the 14th century established the Timurid Empire. Its capital was Samarkand, which became a centre of science under the rule of Ulugh Beg, giving...
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    The Samarkand Kufic Quran (also known as the Uthman Quran, Samarkand codex, Samarkand manuscript and Tashkent Quran) is an 8th or 9th century manuscript...
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    Samarkand International Airport (IATA: SKD, ICAO: UTSS) is an airport of entry in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 6 km (3.7 mi) from the city center. The airport...
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  • The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan. 329 BCE - City sacked by Alexander the Great. 260 CE - Sassanians in...
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  • The Samarkand klan (alternatively Samarqand) is an Uzbek clan led by Ismoil Jurabekov. The clan is one of two major clans in Uzbekistan; the other, its...
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    Afrosiyob),(Persian: افراسياب afrāsiyāb) is an ancient site in Northern Samarkand, present day Uzbekistan, that was occupied from c. 500 BC to 1220 AD prior...
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  • The Amulet of Samarkand is a children's novel of alternate history, fantasy and magic. It is the first book in the Bartimaeus Sequence written by English...
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    December 2011. The train carried out its first trip from Tashkent to Samarkand on 26 August 2011. Two more Talgo 250 trainsets were constructed for Afrosiyob...
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    The tram system of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, consists of two lines operated by Uzbek Railways, with a total of 26 stops and a length of 11.4 kilometers....
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  • Динамо Самарқанд) is an Uzbek professional football club, based in city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Currently it plays in Uzbekistan Pro League. FC Dinamo Samarqand...
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  • Siege of Samarkand may refer to multiple sieges of Samarkand: Siege of Samarkand (1220), in which the Mongols captured the city Siege of Samarkand (1490s)...
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  • Samarkand (French: Samarcande), written by French-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf, is a 1988 historical fiction novel that revolves around the 11th-century...
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  • Samarkand Airways (Uzbek: Samarqand Havo Yo’llari, Самарканд Хаво Йуллари) was an airline based in Uzbekistan that performed passenger and cargo charter...
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    The Ulugh Beg Observatory is an observatory in modern day Samarkand, Uzbekistan, which was built in the 1420s by the Timurid astronomer Ulugh Beg. This...
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    Samarqand Region (Samarkand Region) (Uzbek: Самарқанд вилояти, Samarqand viloyati, Russian: Самаркандская область) is the most populous region of Uzbekistan...
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  • The tournament is taking place between 23-30 April 2024 in Tashkent and Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It is the third under-18 edition of the event. All times...
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    He conquered Samarkand two years later, only to lose Fergana soon after. In his attempt to reconquer Fergana, he lost control of Samarkand. In 1501, his...
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    The Samarkand Oblast was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire between 1887 and 1924. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day central Uzbekistan...
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  • daylight time in the summer. The western part of the country observed Samarkand Time 5 or 6 hours ahead of UTC. The eastern part observed Tashkent Time...
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    The siege of Samarkand (1220) took place in 1220 A.D. after Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire, had launched a multi-pronged invasion of the Khwarazmian...
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    Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summits Beijing 2012 Dushanbe 2014 Astana 2017 Samarkand 2022 Member states  China  India  Iran  Kazakhstan  Kyrgyzstan  Pakistan...
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    People in Samarkand, Uzbek SSR, 1981...
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  • Murder in Samarkand (published in the US under the title Dirty Diplomacy) is a non-fiction book by Scottish activist and former ambassador to Uzbekistan...
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    Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summits Beijing 2012 Dushanbe 2014 Astana 2017 Samarkand 2022 Member states  China  India  Iran  Kazakhstan  Kyrgyzstan  Pakistan...
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    and patronage. Samarkand was captured and given to Ulugh Beg by his father Shah Rukh. He built the great Ulugh Beg Observatory in Samarkand between 1424...
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    Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summits Beijing 2012 Dushanbe 2014 Astana 2017 Samarkand 2022 Member states  China  India  Iran  Kazakhstan  Kyrgyzstan  Pakistan...
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  • The Samarkand Challenger is a tennis tournament held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan since 1996. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on...
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  • The Magician of Samarkand is a children's book by Alan Temperley which was made into a special three-part television program in 2006 for the British series...
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