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Also Known As Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī
Born July 19, 810 • Bukhara • Uzbekistan
Died August 31, 870 (aged 60) • near Samarkand • Uzbekistan
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