Samanid
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Many of them hoped for a return to the golden age of Tajik history, as seen by nationalist historians: the Samanid Empire.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
After the renovated excesses of blue and cyan, and the overworked turquoise tile, the austerity of the Samanid tomb, utterly innocent of the use of color, was as refreshing as an unpainted beam of wood.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
Bukhara lay behind me, distilled into a memory of one sublime building, a Samanid mausoleum, which seemed to tie together all the different strands of Silk Road religion and history.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
In the latter part of the 9th century the family of the Samanid, sprung from Samarkand, reigned in splendour at Bokhara.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various
His mother was a native of the place; his father, a Persian from Balkh, filled the post of tax-collector in the neighbouring town of Harmaitin, under Nūh II. ibn Mansur, the Samanid amir of Bokhara.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
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