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» Samanid Renaissance and Establishment of Tajik Identity
   A paper by Iraj Bashiri describes the context in which the Samanid culture of Transoxiana and Khurasan flourished, after breaking away from the Abbasid Caliphate; also explains its downfall.
   http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/bashiri/Samanid/Samanid.html

» The Samanids
   Bukhara and Samarkand in Transoxiana became famous Samanid cultural centres. An illustrated article.
   http://www.artarena.force9.co.uk/samanid.htm