Samanid Empire

thumb|Plate with a hunting scene from the tale of Bahram V|Bahram Gur and Azadeh. The imagery on this plate represents the earliest known depiction of a well-known episode from the story of Bahram Gur, which seems to have been popular for centuries, but was only recorded in the Shahnameh, centuries after this plate was created. Iran, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]

former state in Central Asia

Persian geographer and astronomer

' () or (; ), in Arabic rendered as () or ' (), was a title used in much of the Islamic world during the 10th–15th centuries, to denote the senior-most military commanders, but also as a generic general officer rank.

World Heritage Site in Uzbekistan

upright=1.5|thumb|Folio from the Tarikhnama of Muhammad Bal'ami|Bal'ami (early 14th century copy), depicting al-Saffah (r. 750–754) as he receives pledges of allegiance in [[Kufa]] thumb|upright=1.5|The arrow of old Wahraz kills Masruq, the King of Yemen in Persian miniature. '''''Tarikh-i Bal'ami () or Tārīkhnāma-yi Bozorg''''' (, 'The Great Book of History') is the earliest known extant prose book in New Persian written by Muhammad Bal'ami, a vizier in Samanid service. The 10th-century text is a universal history, spanning a period beginning with the dawn of creation through to the Islamic a

mosque in Sabzevar, Iranian national heritage site

slave trade in Bukhara until the 19th century