This book, by the author of The Amulet of Samarkand, is ready to please. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference
"This was just a lark," said Gerson, who was born in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the son of Holocaust survivors. From Wordnik.com. [Art and law, by Allan Gerson] Reference
My favorite statement during this process was, They sell traditional crafts made in Samarkand in the bazaars here. From Wordnik.com. [Kitchen Chatter] Reference
But at least you’d always know what it’s doing in Samarkand!. From Wordnik.com. [The best science images of 2007...] Reference
Thence it is five days to Samarkand, which is the great city on the confines of Persia. From Wordnik.com. [The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela] Reference
He possibly had a dim remembrance of the popular legend which derives "Samarkand" from. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
It's also a shame what Genghis Khan did to Samarkand. From Wordnik.com. [The Hair-Tearing False Equivalency of American Political Violence.] Reference
Chechentzes, and her mother had died of smallpox at Samarkand. From Wordnik.com. [Through Russia] Reference
Samarkand emerges in a valley surrounded by snow-capped mountains. From Wordnik.com. [Opening Up the Silk Road] Reference
Their combined forces even lay siege to Samarkand to aid the rebels. From Wordnik.com. [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 10 Islamic Sectarian Disputes and the Declaration of Jihads] Reference
Locate these cities: Bokhara; Samarkand; Merv; Herat; Bagdad; Peking. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
He died in A.H. 256, in banishment at Kartank, a suburb of Samarkand. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Samarkand: Registan is one of the most awesome sights in Central Asia. From Wordnik.com. [Know about UZBEKISTAN] Reference
Uzbegs, defeated him in a great engagement and drove him from Samarkand. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
The doctors of Samarkand and Bokhara continued (and continue) as orthodox. From Wordnik.com. [International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850] Reference
Samarkand: It is one of the oldest inhabited cites in the world (2750 years). From Wordnik.com. [Know about UZBEKISTAN] Reference
Samarkand continued to have a Nestorian metropolitan during its Qarakhanid period. From Wordnik.com. [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 16 Analysis of the Siege of Khotan] Reference
Further it extends to the gates of Samarkand, the land of Tibet, and the land of India. From Wordnik.com. [The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela] Reference
Perhaps I will find the Golden Road to Samarkand and the Mountains of the Moon after all. From Wordnik.com. [Jacob's Ladder]
Samarkand, and Tashkend, in a northerly direction, while on the south it is to enter Persia. From Wordnik.com. [Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers] Reference
Caliph al-Rashid died in 808 on his way to put down one in Samarkand, the capital of Sogdia. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Sketch of Buddhism and Islam in Afghanistan] Reference
Tibet, which is three months 'journey distant, and westward of which lies the land of Samarkand. From Wordnik.com. [The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela] Reference
I spread the joyful news far and wide, bringing perfume to Persia and conversation to Samarkand. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
In this photo, a sign warns of possible traffic accidents in the mountains outside of Samarkand. From Wordnik.com. [Exploring Uzbekistan] Reference
Moses and Ita stayed in Uzebkistan until 1946, living in Tashkent and Jizzakh, northeast of Samarkand. From Wordnik.com. [Commemorating the victims and the survivors] Reference
He received considerable aid from Shah Ismael of Persia, and in 1511 made a triumphal entry into Samarkand. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
It was of commercial importance before the railroad was thought of, as the emporium of the brisk trade with Samarkand and Central. From Wordnik.com. [Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers] Reference
In mid-afternoon sunshine it was brilliant, a Samarkand of a place, El Dorado, with golden towers Camelot would have been proud of. From Wordnik.com. [The Great California Game]
Hendrix went on to a party with a German woman, Monika Danneman, and back to her rooms at the Samarkand hotel in Lansdowne Crescent. From Wordnik.com. [Jimi Hendrix: 'You never told me he was that good'] Reference
It has been recently covered by a brick chapel with three cupolas, but photographs of the ancient structure can be had in Samarkand. From Wordnik.com. [The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela] Reference
At the programmed call, Amanullah begins his prayers, the same as those recited across the globe -- from the Gaza Strip to Samarkand. From Wordnik.com. [The New Islam] Reference
The sixth century Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang (Hsüan-tsang) reported two huge Buddhist monasteries at the Sogdian capital at Samarkand. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Sketch of Buddhism and Islam in West Turkistan] Reference
In 1497 he attacked and gained possession of Samarkand, to which he always seems to have thought he had a natural and hereditary right. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Locate on the map facing page 376 the following commercial cities in the Arabian Empire: Samarkand; Cabul; Bokhara; Mosul; Kairwan; Fez. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
Samarkand, etc., which were probably introduced under Tamerlane, the conqueror of nearly the whole of Asia Minor in the fourteenth century. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891] Reference
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