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Siege of Merv

حصار مرو

1221 CE · 618 AH† – 1221 CE · 618 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Draft card for the Siege of Merv in 1221, the city's destruction by Tolui Khan; its sources are not yet checked on the page.

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Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
Identifiers
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In time

1210122012301240
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Sources

  • al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir
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