What is "afrasiyab"

n. (alternative form of Afrasiab English)

Afrasiyab (Afrosiyob) is an ancient site of northern Samarkand, Uzbekistan, that was occupied from c 500 BC to 1220 AD. Today, it is a hilly grass mound located near the Bibi Khanaum Mosque.

Afrasiyab, also spelled Afrasiab, Afrosiyab, or Afrosiyob, may refer to:

• Afrasiyab (Samarkand) -an ancient site north of Samarkand, Uzbekistan
• Afrasiyab, Iran, a village in Kurdistan Province
• Afrasiab - a sorcerer and emperor who appears in the Persian epic Shahnameh and later in the Urdu Dastaan and Tilism-e-Hoshruba. He is also mentioned briefly by Muhammad ibn Jafar Narshakhi
• Afrasiyab Badalbeyli -an Azerbaijani composer
• Afrosiyob (train) (or Afrosiyab), a high-speed train of Uzbekistan