Samarkand
سمرقند
A city in present-day Uzbekistan on the Silk Road; the Muslims conquered it in the early eighth century CE and it became the Timurid capital.
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islam.museum contributors. “Samarkand”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/samarkand/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.