Mā warāʾ al-nahr

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Islamic historical term geographical region historical region

Mā warāʾ al-nahr is the historical Arabic name for the Central Asian region beyond the Oxus River, encompassing areas of modern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, southern Kyrgyzstan, and southwest Kazakhstan.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ma waraʼ al-nahr	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic historical term ⓘ geographical region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
alternativeName	Mā warāʾ al-nahr (Transoxania) NERFINISHED ⓘ Transoxiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalCity	Bukhara (at various periods) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kazakhstan ⓘ Kyrgyzstan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Uzbekistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
etymology	Arabic phrase meaning "what is beyond the river" ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Abbasid Caliphate era NERFINISHED ⓘ Samanid period NERFINISHED ⓘ Timurid period NERFINISHED ⓘ early Islamic period ⓘ
knownFor	Hadith studies ⓘ Hanafi jurisprudence ⓘ Islamic scholarship ⓘ Persian literature ⓘ Silk Road trade NERFINISHED ⓘ urban oasis culture ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	Arabic (early Islamic period) ⓘ
languageOfCulture	Persian ⓘ
languageOfPopulation	Sogdian (early period) NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedBeyond	Amu Darya NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxus River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Asia ⓘ
majorCity	Bukhara NERFINISHED ⓘ Khujand NERFINISHED ⓘ Samarkand NERFINISHED ⓘ Shash (Tashkent region) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tirmidh (Termez) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Greater Khorasan (historical region) NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic world NERFINISHED ⓘ
preIslamicInhabitants	Bactrians NERFINISHED ⓘ Sogdians NERFINISHED ⓘ various Iranian peoples ⓘ
religion	Buddhism (pre-Islamic pockets) ⓘ Islam ⓘ Zoroastrianism (pre-Islamic) NERFINISHED ⓘ
riverReferenced	Amu Darya NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxus River NERFINISHED ⓘ
underRuleOf	Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ Karakhanid Khanate NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongol Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Samanid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Timurid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate (early conquest period) NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Transoxiana → knownAs → Mā warāʾ al-nahr ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ma waraʼ al-nahr