Death of Imam al-Bukhari near Samarkand

Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari died in Khartank, a village near Samarkand, in 870. He travelled widely to collect hadith reports and checked each report against strict standards. His collection, Sahih al-Bukhari, is regarded by most Sunni scholars as the most authentic book after the Quran. He left Nishapur after a dispute and died while on the way to Samarkand.