In the 4th century BC, Alexander the Great was extending the reach of Hellenic influence eastward during his conquest of Central Asia in the area known in the classical era as
Transoxiana, that is the land beyond the Oxus, an area today shared by Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan.
This religion radiated up to China via
Transoxiana and stayed alive for a thousand years.
Katibat Ma wara' an-Nahr is also known as Mawarannahr, in English as
Transoxiana, or in Arabic as Bilad ma-Wara'al-Nahar and translates to "land beyond the [Oxus] river." This is the ancient name used for the portion of Central Asia corresponding approximately with modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, southern Kyrgyzstan, and southwest Kazakhstan.
(2) Born in 873 AD in Farab, a city in
Transoxiana (current day Kazakhstan) and died in 950 AD in Baghdad.
853/1449), who ruled in
Transoxiana, Baysunghur (d.
Given the geopolitical importance of Central Asia, Uzbekistan occupies a place of par excellence in the region as it is located at the heart of
Transoxiana, namely the historical cradle of Turco-Islamic civilization for centuries with its glorious cities of Samarkand, Bukhara, Tashkent, Khiva and Kokand.
Mohammed bin Said al- Lawati, the Sultanate's accredited Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan described the Omani - Uzbek relations as ' historic' and that it was historically known as '
Transoxiana'.
Hanafi Legal Documents in
Transoxiana. The Advanced Science Journal, 2014(5), 55-58.
Volga-Ural scholars were travelers par excellence, whose destinations included Daghestan,
Transoxiana (Bukhara, in particular), Afghanistan, and Mughal India, particularly from the late 18th to mid-19th centuries, and the Ottoman territories, such as Hijaz and Egypt, increasingly in the late 19th century.
According to Tazkir al-Muluk "countless merchants used to come from Turkey, Persia and
Transoxiana, in large number and with immense quality of goods."25
It is divided into two branches - one to the north in the Arabian Gulf waters to reach the
Transoxiana and Persia and the other heading west toward the coast of Yemen and the Hijaz and passing through the Red Sea.
These were possibly related to the Hsiung-Nu, a confederation of eastern nomads who, as late as the first century A.D., controlled a vast swath of territory to the north of China and the Himalayas, extending perhaps as far west as the
Transoxiana region of central Asia.