Samanid and Post-Samanid Era

Bukhara

Bukhara, known throughout the Islamic world as Bukhara-i-Sharif (Noble Bukhara), was one of the most important cities in the history of Islamic civilization. As the capital of the Samanid dynasty and a major center of the Silk Road, it produced scholars including Imam al-Bukhari and Ibn Sina, and served for centuries as the intellectual heart of the Persian-Islamic world.