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During his eleven-year residence in Samarqand (c. 1867 – 78), where he received a Russian pension, it is possible that Abd al-Rahman was exposed to the legacy of Russian imperial versions of mercantilism and absolutism, archetypically identified with Peter the Great (ruled c.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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I cannot specifically account for Bernier's, or his editor's, variant spellings of Balkh, Bukhara, and Samarqand in this and the following passage. back
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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The Sethis had agents in Bukhara, Samarqand and Tashkent, and this correspondence would have likely occurred after 1860.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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Muzaffar Alam argues that Mughal rulers after Babur exhibited a heightened concern for the security of interregional traders and the routes they plied through Kabul and Qandahar. 10 Alam contends this was especially so in the seventeenth century when Mughal state policy of securing a steady trade with their Central Asian homeland resulted in an expanded presence in India of fresh fruits imported from Kabul, Balkh, Samarqand, and beyond.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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At the same time Hillî was setting out his logic according to the Avicennan outline of the Organon, Shamsaddîn as-Samarqandî (d.c. 1310) was writing a book laid out after the fashion described by Ibn Khaldûn in the text above, with one major difference.
Arabic and Islamic Philosophy of Language and Logic Street, Tony 2008
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Once we passed the turn-off to Samarqand to the west, we drove straight into a wall of mountains, up and up along switch-backs in the road, reaching snowy peaks, and down again into the valley where Kitab City is nestled, surrounded by mountains on all sides.
Wanderlustress: 2004
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As we approached the Samarqand region, we travelled along a corridor of mountains.
Wanderlustress: 2004
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Once we passed the turn-off to Samarqand to the west, we drove straight into a wall of mountains, up and up along switch-backs in the road, reaching snowy peaks, and down again into the valley where Kitab City is nestled, surrounded by mountains on all sides.
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As we approached the Samarqand region, we travelled along a corridor of mountains.
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A., who blogs at The Golden Road to Samarqand, writes:
Archive 2005-11-01 M-mv 2005
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