Samarkand in the Middle Ages

The atlas holds 6 people and 8 moments here, from 840 to 1404. The most recorded lives are Genghis Khan, Muhammad al-Bukhari and Omar Khayyam.

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…
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…
Timur
in 1404
1 moment here
Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a Turco-Mongol conqueror and founder of the Timurid Empire.…