Merv (tkm)

Merv

Merv ranks 3,916th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bayamón, Puerto Rico, Hilo, Hawaii, and Makarska. Memorable people born in Merv include Abu Muslim, Al-Muqanna, and Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak. Memorable people who died in Merv include Ahmad Sanjar, Yazdegerd III, and Muhammad Shaybani. Merv has been the birth place of many military personnels, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and military personnels. Merv is located in Turkmenistan.

Merv, also known as the Merve Oasis, was a major Iranian city in Central Asia, on the historical Silk Road, near today's Mary, Turkmenistan. Human settlements on the site of Merv existed from the 3rd millennium BC until the 18th century AD. It changed hands repeatedly throughout history. Under the Achaemenid Empire, it was the center of the satrapy of Margiana. It was subsequently ruled by Hellenistic Kings, Parthians, Sasanians, Arabs, Ghaznavids, Seljuqs, Khwarazmians and Timurids, among others. Read more on Wikipedia