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n. - City in southern Uzbekistan.

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  • Samarcand is inserted in the Bibliotheca Arabico-Hispana, tom.i. p. 208, &c.
  • In 1868 Russia seized Samarcand, and established over the khanate of
  • For, ten daies after our departure, the king of Samarcand came with an armie, and besieged the said Citie of
  • The cities of Samarcand, Balckd, Ispahan, and Bagdad, were enveloped and surrounded by luxurious and splendid gardens.
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