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Muḥammad ibn Jaʻfar Narshakhī

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Born March 7, 899
Died March 7, 959 (60 years old)
Narshakh, Samanid Empire
Also known as: Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Jaʻfar Narshakhī, Muḥammad ibn Ja'far Narshakhī
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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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