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= Samarkand (novel)
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"Samarkand" is a historical novel written by Turkish author Amin Maalouf, first published in French in 1988. The novel is a fictionalized account of the life of the Persian poet Omar Khayyam and is set against the backdrop of the Persian Empire during the 11th century.