Historical figures in Samarkand
The atlas holds 11 people and 15 moments here, from 327 BC to 2022. The most recorded lives are Genghis Khan, Babur and Islam Karimov. Among them Writers, Military Leaders and Philosophers, across the Middle Ages and the Islamic Golden Age.
Notable people
Alexander the Great
in 327 BC
1 moment here
Alexander III of Macedon (356–323 BCE), known as Alexander the Great, became king of Macedon in 336 BCE and campaigned from the Balkans through the…
Babur
from 1497 to 1511
2 moments here
Zahir al-Din Muhammad Babur was a Timurid prince from the Fergana Valley who founded the Mughal Empire.…
Ebrahim Raisi
in 2022
1 moment here
Iranian cleric, judicial official, and politician who served as president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024.…
Genghis Khan
in 1220
2 moments here
Born Temüjin, Genghis Khan united the Mongol tribes and founded the Mongol Empire. His documented movements span the Onon and Kherlen riverlands,…
Ibn Battuta
in 1333
1 moment here
Maghrebi Muslim jurist, traveller, explorer, and author from Tangier. Between 1325 and 1354 he journeyed through North and East Africa, the Middle…
Islam Karimov
from 1938 to 2015
2 moments here
Uzbek political leader who became first secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan in 1989 and served as Uzbekistan’s first president from…
Muhammad al-Bukhari
from 840 to 870
2 moments here
Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari (810–870) was a hadith scholar from Bukhara whose travels for study, teaching, and transmission ranged across Central…
Omar Khayyam
in 1070
1 moment here
Persian polymath, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet. The securely dated portions of his documented life place him in Nishapur,…
Rumi
in 1212
1 moment here
Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi was a Persian-language poet, jurist, teacher, and Sufi mystic. Born at Wakhsh in the Khwarazmian Empire, he moved with his…
Sushma Swaraj
in 2019
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, politician and diplomat. Swaraj served in the Haryana government, represented constituencies in Parliament, was Chief Minister of…
Timur
in 1404
1 moment here
Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a Turco-Mongol conqueror and founder of the Timurid Empire.…
Moments
- 327 BC Stayed at Maracanda Alexander the Great
- 840 Visit to Samarkand Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 870 Death at Khartank Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 1070 Move to Samarkand Omar Khayyam
- 1212 Family relocation to Samarkand Rumi
- 1220 Arrived before Samarkand Genghis Khan
- 1220 Conducted the siege of Samarkand Genghis Khan
- 1333 Visits Samarkand Ibn Battuta
- 1404 Residence in Samarkand during Clavijo's embassy Timur
- 1497 Siege and capture of Samarkand Babur
- 1511 Third capture of Samarkand Babur
- 1938 Birth in Samarkand Islam Karimov
- 2015 Meeting John Kerry in Samarkand Islam Karimov
- 2019 India-Central Asia Dialogue Sushma Swaraj
- 2022 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit Ebrahim Raisi