Definitions for "Samarkand"
city in southern Uzbekistan; Tamerlane's opulent capital in the 14th century
City in Uzbekistan, known since 329 B.C. as “Marakand.†The capital of the state of the Timurids in the late 14th and 15th centuries, it was annexed to the Russian Empire in 1868.
Great Central Asian city, home of Tamurlane or Timur.