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Merv · Alexandria

Place

Merv

Also known as

Alejandria de Margiana
Alejandría de Margiana
Aleksandria Margiańska
Alessandria in Margiana
Alexandria de Margiana
Alexandria Margiana

Image illustrating Merv — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Mervsee Wikimedia Commons

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located inAbbasid Caliphate750 CE
located inIlkhanate1256 CE
located inSasanian Empire224 CE
located inTimurid Empire1370 CE
birthplace ofAbdullah ibn Mubarak736 CE
place of death ofAbu Barza al-Aslami
place of death ofAhmad Sanjar1084 CE
place of death ofAl-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra632 CE
birthplace ofBarbad6th c. CE
birthplace ofGülnar Hatun731 CE
birthplace ofIshodad of Merv
place of death ofJunayd ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Murri

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