Editing Tashkent (section)

===Post Caliphate rule===
{{Further|Anarchy at Samarra|Samanid Empire}}
Under the [[Samanid Empire]], whose founder [[Ismail Samani]] was a descendant of [[Persian people|Persian]] [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] convert to [[Islam]], the city came to be known as ''Binkath''. However, the Arabs retained the old name of ''Chach'' for the surrounding region, pronouncing it ''ash-Shāsh'' ({{lang|ar|الشاش}}) instead. 
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali ash-Shashi, known as al-Kaffal ash-Shashi (904-975), was born in Tashkent. He was an Islamic theologian, scholar, jurist of the [[Shafi'i]] ''madhhab'', hadith scholar and linguist.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

After the 11th century, the name evolved from Chachkand/Chashkand to Tashkand. The modern spelling of "Tashkent" reflects [[Russian language|Russian]] orthography and 20th-century Soviet influence.

At the end of the 10th century, Tashkent became part of the possessions of the Turkic state of the [[Kara-Khanid Khanate|Karakhanids]]. In 998/99 the Tashkent oasis went to the Karakhanid Ahmad ibn Ali, who ruled the north-eastern regions of [[Transoxiana|Mavarannahr]]. In 1177/78, a separate khanate was formed in the Tashkent oasis. Its center was Banakat, where dirhams of Mu'izz ad-dunya wa-d-din Qilich-khan were minted, in 1195–1197; and of Jalal ad-dunya wa-d-din Tafgach-khakan, in 1197–1206.<ref>Kochnev B. D., Numizmaticheskaya istoriya Karakhanidskogo kaganata (991—1209 gg.). Moskva «Sofiya», 2006, p.157,234</ref>