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I believe 2 englishmen had just lost their heads, in samarkand, coincidentally (oh yeah, that narrows the timeline, doesn't it?).
Sunday Thoughts 2004
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I also recommend "samarkand," a novel of his that seems to draw from his experience in writing the non-fiction.
Reading About Arabs 2005
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Khiva to Samarkand - The remarkable story of a woman's adventurous journey alone through the deserts of Central Asia to the heart of Turkestan (Paperback) By Ella Robertson Christie Buy new: $20.009 used and new from $18.10 First tagged "adventure" by publisher "trotamundas press" Customer tags: biography (2), women, adventure, women travellers, turkestan, samarkand, travel book, central asia
We Blog A Lot 2009
oroboros commented on the word samarkand
"in Samarkand we'll dance a merry sarabande"
December 30, 2006
acantha commented on the word samarkand
We are the Pilgrims, master; we shall go
Always a little further: it may be
Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow
Across that angry or that glimmering sea.
White on a throne or guarded in a cave
There lives a prophet who can understand
Why men were born: but surely we are brave
Who take the Golden Road to Samarkand.
April 28, 2008