Samarkand

Samarkand was a city in 13th century Cathay. It was the home town of Ping-Cho and her father, who was a government official there. (TV: Marco Polo)

Lady Sherade married a King of Samarkand. (PROSE: The Arabian Knightmare)

Henry Gordon Jago once owed seventy pounds to the seven-sword swallowers of Samarkand. (AUDIO: The Bellova Devil)