During the reign of the 18th Abbassid Caliph Al-Muqtadir, many Manichaeans fled from Mesopotamia to Khorasan from fear of persecution by him and about 500 of them assembled in Samarkand and the base of the religion was later shifted to this city.
Many Manichaeans fled from Mesopotamia to Khorasan from fear of persecution by him. This was during the reign of the 18th Abbassid Caliph Al-Muqtadir. Many Manichaeans fled from Mesopotamia to Khorasan from about 500 of them assembled in Samarkand. This was during the reign of the 18th Abbassid Caliph Al-Muqtadir. The base of the religion was later shifted to this city. This was during the reign of the 18th Abbassid Caliph Al-Muqtadir.