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In 2001, UNESCO added the city to its World Heritage List as Samarkand � Crossroads of Cultures. |
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BRIEF: MAN Auto Uzbekistan opens service center in Samarkand - Middle East North Africa Financial Network  Middle East North Africa Financial Network--Dec 26, 2011 (Trend News Agency - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- TASHKENT, Uzbekistan -- The Uzbek-German joint venture "MAN Auto Uzbekistan" opened a new service center - Date : Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:29:38 GMT |
| Maalouf honoured for his literary contributions - gulfnews.com gulfnews.com--He added that Maalouf's works like The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, Leo Africanus, -Samarkand-, The Rock of Tanios, and The Gardens of Light, presented the mentality of the east to the western reader. Abdul Hamid said the foundation wish - Date : Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:12:52 GMT |
| Amin Maalouf wins award for cultural achievement - gulfnews.com gulfnews.com--Ahmad said works like The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, Leo Africanus, -Samarkand-, The Rock of Tanios, The Gardens of Light. He said the foundation wishes Maalouf all the success in his endavour to serve Arab culture. Maalfouf born in Lebanon - Date : Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:37:28 GMT |
| Uzbekistan: Residents Freezing without Gas - EurasiaNet EurasiaNet--Family in -Samarkand- cooks outside in 2009, as gas pressure always drops at the first cold weather. Residents of Uzbekistan's Andijan region have been freezing as the temperature drops and authorities have cut off gas service, the indepe - Date : Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:16:22 GMT |
| ECG Engineering Consultants Group - Business Excellence Magazine Business Excellence Magazine--This followed a World Bank financed sewerage scheme for the cities of Bokhara and -Samarkand- in Uzbekistan, where broken down systems dating back to the 1960s are being replaced. ECG is providing engineering design services - Date : Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:29:04 GMT |
| Scanner Report 12-19-11 - Santa Barbara Edhat Santa Barbara Edhat--Medical Emergency at -Samarkand- Fall Victim head injury. 500 Block of State Street large group of transients blocking door way. 1145 Suicidal subject near Lobero Theatre in the parking garage. Gold van, "He wants to jump out - Date : Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:02:03 GMT |
| Harmon wins 80km title - Marlborough Express Marlborough Express--Sioban Harnett and Soleil finished on 116 faults in the training 13km, beating Kaikoura's Tim Blunt riding BTR -Samarkand- Quartet, while the novice 13km class was won by Lesley Byrne and Bailey.--- - Date : Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:03:00 GMT |
| Uzbek Leasing International Successfully Funded a Project in Samarkand Region - Journal of Turkish Weekly Journal of Turkish Weekly--Uzbek-Turkish joint venture Sam-Polen Tekstil purchased continuous fusing equipment manufactured by Örnek Makine Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Sti, and twist bunching machine manufactured by Oerlikon Saurer Zweigniederlassung der Oerl - Date : Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:32:16 GMT |
| Second high-speed train to operate in Uzbekistan - uznews.net uznews.net--Uzbekistan's state owned railway company (Zheleznye Dorogi Uzbekistana) has announced that is planning to run a second Afrosiyob high-speed train on the Tashkent--Samarkand- line. The second train is due to arrive in Uzbekistan this month - Date : Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:28:33 GMT |
| Uzbek journalist released after 5 yrs in psych ward - RIA Novosti RIA Novosti--Dzhamshid Karimov, a journalist who is President Islam Karimov's nephew, has been released from a psychiatric hospital in -Samarkand- where he was confined for five years. The journalist, a son of the president's elder brother, live - Date : Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:51:25 GMT |
| Preceded by Tabriz | Capital of Iran 1353-1375 | Succeeded by Tabriz |
| Elements | Bazaars * The Persian Garden (hayāt) * Windcatchers * Shabestan * Kucheh * Talar * Iwan * Howz * Panjdari * Hashti * Andaruni * Biruni (Persian architecture) * Dalan e Vorudi * Qanat * Kariz * Gonbad * Ab anbar * Yakhchal * Caravanserais * Robats * Burj * Khaneqah * Tekyeh * Sahn * Imamzadeh * Mosques | |
| Notable traditional cities | Architecture of Tehran * Bam * Bukhara * Ctesiphon, Derbent * Herat * Isfahan * Kashan * Merv * Mashad * Persepolis * Qazvin * Qom * Samarkand * Shahrisabz * Shiraz * Susa * Tabriz * Takht-i-Suleiman (Takht-e Soleyman) * Yazd * Gur-e Amir | |
| History and theory | Traditional Persian residential architecture * Traditional water sources of Persian antiquity * Islamic architecture * Sassanid architecture * Pre-Parsi style * Parsi style * Parthian style * Khorasani style * Razi style * Azari style * Isfahani style | |
| Lists | List of ab anbars of Qazvin * List of historical Iranian architects * List of mosques * Args, Castles, and Ghal'ehs * List of Ziyarat-gahs | |
| Districts and seats | Bulungur District (Bulungur) * Ishtikhon District (Ishtikhon) * Jomboy District (Jomboy) * Kattakurgan District (Paishanba) * Koshrabot District ( Koshrabot) * Narpay District (Oqtosh) * Nurobod District (Nurobod) * Oqdarya District (Laish) * Pakhtachi District (Ziadin) * Payariq District (Payariq) * Pastdargom District (Juma) * Samarqand District (Gulabad) * Toyloq District (Toyloq) * Urgut District (Urgut) | |