Samarkand is what most people imagine when they think of Uzbekistan.
In the 11th-12th centuries, Samarkand became one of the major cities in the region.
The first India-Central
Asia Dialogue will be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on January 12 and 13.
From there he continued to battle the Uzbeks, failing again to take Samarkand in 1512.
Samarkand- the oldest city in Uzbekistan,
his age is the age of Rome, it is about 2750 years old.
In Samarkand he made contact with his father's old friend Abu Tahir,
who was governor and chief judge of the city.
Hearing this,
Nasrudin spoke up and said,“Why on earth would I want to be in Samarkand so early in the morning?”?
The Gūr-i Amīr or Guri Amir(Uzbek: Amir Temur maqbarasi, Go'ri Amir, Persian: گورِ امیر),
is a mausoleum of the Asian conqueror Timur(also known as Tamerlane) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
This might explain his writing later from London in afacetiousvein:" The poet
Hafiz was willing to exchange the wealth of Samarkand and Bokhara for a mole on the cheek of his beloved.
One of the northern extensions of the Pamir-Alay system, the Turkestan Range stretches for a total length of 340 km from the
Alay Mountains on the border of Kyrgyzstan with Tajikistan to the Samarkand oasis in Uzbekistan.
Sharda University will be the first independent private university in Uzbekistan, especially across the Andijan, Fergana, Samarkand region that would be a gateway for students
from Eurasia to avail future-focused education in various disciplines including Engineering and Management.