Wandering around Samarkand (Photo: Emily O'Dell)
We travel not for trafficking alone;
By hotter winds our fiery hearts are fanned:
For lust of knowing what should not be known
We take the Golden Road to Samarkand…
— James Elroy Flecker
According to this article, the Tajik language (a dialect of Persian) has come under increased pressure in Samarkand in Uzbekistan…
