Author: Muḥammad ibn Jaʻfar Narshakhī
Alternate names: Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Jaʻfar Narshakhī; Muḥammad ibn Ja'far Narshakhī; Muhammad ibn Ja'far Narshakhī; Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Jafar Narshakhi; Narshaki; Muhammad ibn Ja'far Narshakhi; Muḥammad ibn-Jaʹfar Narshakhī; Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Jaʻfar Narshakhī
Born: ca. 899
Died: 959
Bio: A Sogdian scholar from the village of Narshak in the Bukhara oasis who is the first known historian in Central Asia. His unique History of Bukhara (Tarikh-i Bukhara) was written in Arabic and presented to the Samanid emperor Nuh I either in 943 or 94.