There are frequent variations from the text of the Rigveda that are in some cases glosses but in others offer an older pronunciation than that of the Rigveda (such as for common [e).
Med njimi so:* Muhammad Al-Bukhari (810-870) - Islamski učenjak in sestavljalec Haditha (pravil korana)* Ibn Sina (980-1037) - zdravnik in enciklopedični učenjak* Bal'ami: Abolfazl Muhammad in njegov sin Abu-Ali Mohamed, dva znana vizirja Samanidskih kraljev, zgodovinarja in mecena umetnosti in literature* Abubakr Narshakhi (10. stoletje) - zgodovinar, ki je napisal Zgodovino Buhare* Sadiduddin Muhammad Aufi (1171-1242) zgodovinar, znanstvenik in pisatelj.