Samarkand was a city in 13th century Cathay. It was the home town of Ping-Cho and her father, who was a government official there. (TV: Marco Polo [+]John Lucarotti, Doctor Who season 1 (BBC tv, 1964).)
Lady Sherade married a King of Samarkand. (PROSE: The Arabian Knightmare [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)
Henry Gordon Jago once owed seventy pounds to the seven-sword swallowers of Samarkand. (AUDIO: The Bellova Devil [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)