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Taftazan

تفتازان

Village in North Khorasan, Iran.

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Levant & Iraq
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Birthplace of
Sa'd al-Din al-Taftazani

People and things also explored

Samarqand· Sarakhs· Sa'd al-Din al-Taftazani

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islam.museum contributors. “Taftazan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/taftazan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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Samarqand

Samarqand is an ancient city of Transoxania on the southern bank of the Zarafshan, the first city of the region in size and population in early Islamic times, flourishing through its place on the Silk Road, the fertility of Sughd, its paper and its scholars. Ruled by the Samanids and Karakhanids and devastated by the Mongols in 617/1220, it became Timur's capital and received the Shah-i Zinda, Bibi Khanum, the Gur-i Mir and Ulugh Beg's madrasa and observatory. Sa'id ibn Uthman besieged it and its people made peace for seven hundred thousand dirhams.