Samandar
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The word Samandar has multiple meanings:
- Samandar (city)Samandar (city)Samandar was a city in Khazaria on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, south of the city of Atil, in the North Caucasus. The exact location of the city is unknown, but most likely, it was situated on the Terek river near the present-day city of Kizlyar, which, like Samandar, is noted for its...
- a city in Khazaria on the western edge of the Caspian Sea, south of Atil and north of the Caucasus - Kázim-i-SamandarKázim-i-SamandarShaykh Káẓim-i-Samandar known as Samandar was an eminent follower of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, a global religion of Persian origin. He was born to a prominent Bahá'í family of Qazvin of Bábí and Shaykhi background...
- one of the Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh, and a prominent teacher of the Bahá'í Faith, known as Samandar - Samandar, Afghanistan