Samanid patronage in Bukhara
· Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication · file After the overthrow of the Afrighids, al-Biruni left Khwarazm for the Samanid capital and obtained the patronage of Mansur II. The exact arrival date within 995 is not specified. The source connects his departure to the overthrow in 995; it does not give a day or month of arrival in Bukhara.
