Notable People
- Amoghavajra, 8th century Buddhist monk, translator of Vajrayana scripture, figure in the Tang court, remembered as one of the three founders of Chinese esoteric Buddhism.
- Abu Mansur Maturidi, Sunni theologist of the 10th century
- Nizami Aruzi Samarqandi, poet and writer of the 12th century
- Suzani Samarqandi, poet of the 12th century
- Najib ad-Din-e-Samarqandi, scholar of the 13th century
- Jamshīd al-Kāshī, astronomer and mathematician of the 15th century
- Shams al-Dīn al-Samarqandī, scholar
- Nawab Khwaja Abid Siddiqi and Nawab Qaziuddin Siddiqi, grandfather and father of Mir Qamaruddin Siddiqi Asaf Jah I whose dynasty ruled Hyderabad Deccan for seven generations from 1724 to 1951
- Islam Karimov, 1st President of Uzbekistan.
Also said to be the place of death of Muhammad b. Isma'il al-Bukhari, one of the six prominent collectors of hadith of Sunni Islam. See Sahih Bukhari
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