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    Transoxiana or Transoxania (lit. 'Land beyond the Oxus') is the Latin name for the region and civilization located in lower Central Asia roughly corresponding...
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    used in a loose sense to include a wider region that included most of Transoxiana (encompassing Bukhara and Samarqand in present-day Uzbekistan), extended...
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    The Muslim conquest of Transoxiana, also called the Arab conquest of Transoxiana, was part of the early Muslim conquests. It began shortly after the Muslim...
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    empire, of Iranian dehqan origin. The empire was centred in Khorasan and Transoxiana; at its greatest extent encompassing northeastern Iran and Central Asia...
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    This article lists the monarchs of Iran (Persia) from the establishment of the Medes around 678 BC until the deposition of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979...
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  • relatively popular destination for Muslims and religious propagandists from Transoxiana as well as merchants from various places. There, Seljuk and his Oghuz...
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  • The Khanate conquered Transoxiana in Central Asia and ruled it independently between 999 and 1089. Their arrival in Transoxiana signaled a definitive...
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    appears in 16th century literature. Other names for the region include: Transoxiana, Sogdia, and the Khanate of Bukhara. In the 14th century the region served...
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    and was used from the Late Middle Ages in distinction to neighbouring Transoxiana. This province, whose people are mainly Shia Muslims, roughly encompassed...
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    known as Isma'il ibn-i Ahmad (اسماعیل بن احمد), was the Samanid amir of Transoxiana (892–907) and Khorasan (900–907). His reign saw the emergence of the...
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