Among them are:* Muhammad Ibn Ismail Ibn Ibrahim Ibn al-Mughirah Ibn Bardizbah al-Bukhari (810-870) - Islamic scholar and compiler of hadiths* Avicenna (Abu Ali ibn Sina) (980-1037) - physician and person of encyclopedic knowledge* Bal'ami: Abolfazl Muhammad and his son Abu-Ali Mohammad, two famous viziers of Samanid kings, historians and patrons of art and literature* Abubakr Narshakhi (10th century) - historian who wrote History of Bukhara* Sadiduddin Muhammad Aufi (1171-1242) historian, scientist, and author.
Ta medresa je postala strukturni model za druge medrese v Srednji Aziji.