Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari (Arabic: محمد بن اسماعيل البخاري‎‎) (810 – 870), or Imam Bukhari, was a Persian Islamic scholar who was born in Bukhara (the capital of the Bukhara Region of Uzbekistan). He wrote the hadith collection known as Sahih al-Bukhari, regarded by Sunni Muslims as one of the most authentic (sahih) hadith collections.