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Merv (tkm)

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Merv ranks 5,510th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Aden, Camberley, and Huadu District. Memorable people born in Merv include Abu Muslim, Al-Muqanna, and Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi. 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, formerly known as Alexandria, Antiochia in Margiana and Marw al-Shāhijān, 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 the ancient Macedonians, Seleucids, Parthians, Sasanians, Arabs, Ghaznavids, Seljuqs, Khwarazmians and Timurids, among others. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 718 and 800, Merv was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Abu Muslim, Al-Muqanna, and Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Merv including Ahmad Sanjar, Yazdegerd III, and Muhammad Shaybani. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Merv than were born there.

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Most individuals born in present day Merv were military personnels (1), politicians (1), and astronomers (1),  while most who died were politicians (3) and military personnels (1).