In 819 CE, Ahmad ibn Asad—son of Asad ibn Saman—was granted authority over the city of Fergana by Caliph Al-Ma'mun's governor of Khorasan, Ghassan ibn 'Abbad, as a reward for his support against the rebel Rafi' ibn Laith.
Shorter je v svoji karieri nastopil na poletnih olimpijskih igrah v letih 1972 v Münchnu in 1976 v Montrealu.