Samarkandסמרקנד
Central Asia
Samarkand's Jewish community, second-largest among the Bukharian Jews, flourished particularly under the Russian Empire (1868-1917).
Teachers who lived here
al-Fudayl ibn Iyad
al-Fudayl ibn Iyad (725–803)
born 725
al-Darimi
al-Darimi (797–869)
born 797
Muhammad al-Bukhari
Muhammad al-Bukhari (810–870)
died 870
al-Maturidi
al-Maturidi (853–944)
Ibn Hibban al-Busti
Ibn Hibban al-Busti (884–965)
Ibn Babawayh (al-Shaykh al-Saduq)
Ibn Babawayh (al-Shaykh al-Saduq) (918–991)
Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi
Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi (1046–1114)
Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (1048–1131)
studied / wrote 1070–1074
Najm al-Din al-Nasafi
Najm al-Din al-Nasafi (1068–1142)
al-Marghinani
al-Marghinani (1135–1197)
died / buried 1197
Mu'in al-Din Chishti
Mu'in al-Din Chishti (1142–1236)
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1149–1210)
Baha al-Din Naqshband
Baha al-Din Naqshband (1318–1389)
al-Taftazani
al-Taftazani (1322–1390)
al-Sharif al-Jurjani
al-Sharif al-Jurjani (1340–1413)
taught 1387–1405
Ibn al-Jazari
Ibn al-Jazari (1350–1429)
taken east / honored (Timur's court) 1402–1405
Al-Kashi
Al-Kashi (1380–1429)
worked / died 1420–1429
Ulugh Beg
Ulugh Beg (1394–1449)
died (killed near here) 1449
Abd al-Rahman Jami
Abd al-Rahman Jami (1414–1492)
Jami
Jami (1414–1492)
Al-Istakhri
Al-Istakhri (?–957)
al-Kasani
al-Kasani (?–1191)
Works composed here
- 944
Tafsir
by al-Maturidi
- 944
Tawhid
by al-Maturidi
- 965
Majruhin
- 965
Mashahir Culama Amsar
- 965
Rawdat Cuqala
- 965
Salat
- 965
Sira
- 965
Thiqat
- 1210
Arbacin Fi Usul Din
- 1210
Asas Taqdis
- 1210
Cismat Anbiya
- 1210
Ictiqadat
- 1210
Lawamic Bayyinat
- 1210
Macalim Usul Din
- 1210
Mafatih Ghayb
- 1210
Mahsul
- 1210
Matalib Caliya
- 1210
Min Asrar Tanzil
- 1210
Mulakhkhas Fi Mantiq Wa Hikma
- 1210
Qada Wa Qadar
- 1210
Shajara Mubaraka