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Muḥammad ibn Jaʻfar Narshakhī

ca. 899 - 959

A Sogdian scholar from the village of Narshak in the Bukhara oasis who is the first known historian in Central Asia. His unique History of Bukhara (Tarikh-i Bukhara) was written in Arabic and presented to the Samanid emperor Nuh I either in 943 or 94.

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September 20, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris Fix birth date to be approximate again
September 20, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 6, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import