Merv
مرو
An ancient city in present-day Turkmenistan; it was the capital of Khurasan, the Abbasid movement set out from it, and al-Ma'mun resided there before moving to Baghdad.
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islam.museum contributors. “Merv”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/merv/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.