Samarkand

Samarkand is a city in Uzbekistan.

Circa 1235, Qulan Gal, a member of the Mongolian Brotherhood of Assassins, instructed his friend Nergüi to travel to Samarkand, in what was then Transoxiana. He was to eliminate the captain of a tumen sent there by Ögedei Khan to reinforce his control over the city. Nergüi discreetly killed the captain and returned to Qulan to inform him of his success.^[1]