Samarkand and Bukhara on the Silk Road (8th–16th centuries)

1. Umayyad conquest brings Samarkand into caliphate

   Jan 1, 712Labels: Qutayba ibn, Samarkand, Umayyad Caliphate

   • Battle Samarkand
   • UNESCO Silk Roads

2. Samanids make Bukhara a dynastic capital

   Jan 1, 892Labels: Samanid dynasty, Bukhara, Ismail I

   • Britannica Samanids

3. Samanid Mausoleum built in Bukhara

   Jan 1, 942Labels: Samanid Mausoleum, Bukhara, Samanid dynasty

   • Britannica Samanids
   • IranTuran Leiden

4. Narshakhi records Bukhara’s urban and trade life

   Jan 1, 943Labels: Narshakhi, History of, Bukhara

   • Narshakhi

5. Qarakhanids defeat Samanids and reshape rule

   Jan 1, 999Labels: Qarakhanids, Bukhara, Transoxiana

   • Britannica Samanids

6. Kalyan Minaret built as Bukhara landmark

   Jan 1, 1127Labels: Kalyan Minaret, Bukhara, Mohammad Arslan

   • Kalyan Minaret
   • UNESCO Bukhara

7. Mongols sack Bukhara during Khwarazm invasion

   Feb 1, 1220Labels: Mongol Empire, Bukhara, Genghis Khan

   • Siege Bukhara
   • UNESCO Bukhara

8. Mongols seize Samarkand, another regional center

   Mar 1, 1220Labels: Mongol Empire, Samarkand, Khwarazmian Empire

   • Siege Samarkand

9. Timur makes Samarkand his imperial capital

   Jan 1, 1370Labels: Timur, Samarkand, Timurid Empire

   • Waugh Chronology
   • Samarkand UNESCO

10. Ulugh Beg builds Registan madrasa in Samarkand

    Jan 1, 1417Labels: Ulugh Beg, Registan Madrasa, Samarkand

    • Ulugh Beg Madrasa
    • Ulugh Beg

11. Ulugh Beg builds Samarkand observatory

    Jan 1, 1428Labels: Ulugh Beg, Samarkand

    • Observatory
    • Ulugh Beg

12. Shaybanids take Samarkand and end Timurid control

    Jan 1, 1500Labels: Shaybanids, Muhammad Shaybani, Samarkand

    • Britannica Uzbekistan
    • Britannica Shaybanids

13. Shaybanids build Bukhara’s domed bazaars

    Jan 1, 1534Labels: Shaybanids, Bukhara, Toqi Sarrofon

    • Toqi Sarrofon
    • Tim Abdullah Khan

14. Bukhara becomes Shaybanid capital and trade focus

    Jan 1, 1550Labels: Shaybanid capital, Bukhara, Shaybanids

    • Britannica Shaybanids
    • UNESCO Bukhara

15. Silk Road era legacy preserved in UNESCO listings

    Jan 1, 2001Labels: UNESCO, Samarkand, Bukhara

    • UNESCO Bukhara
    • UNESCO Samarkand