{"slug": "merv", "label": "Merv", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merv", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193325", "qid": "Q193325", "description": "archaeological site in Turkmenistan", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [651, 1221], "span_label": ["651 CE", "1221 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "greater-khorasan", "label": "Greater Khorasan", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "seljuk-empire", "label": "Seljuk Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sassanid-empire", "label": "Sassanid Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "arab-people", "label": "Arab people", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "abbasid-caliphate", "label": "Abbasid Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "umayyad-caliphate", "label": "Umayyad Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rey-iran", "label": "Rey, Iran", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "persian-people", "label": "Persian people", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ghaznavids", "label": "Ghaznavids", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seljuq-dynasty", "label": "Seljuq dynasty", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 651, "year_label": "651 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "King Yazdegerd III of Persia is murdered in a miller's hut near Merv by his followers, ending both Persian resistance to Arab conquest, and the Sassanid Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804418#Persia", "title": "651", "revid": 1340804418, "section": "Events › By place › Persia"}}, {"year": 747, "year_label": "747 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 9", "text": "June 9 – Abbasid Revolution: Abu Muslim Khorasani, Persian military leader from Khorasan, begins an open revolt against Umayyad rule, which is carried out under the sign of the Black Standard. Close to 10,000 Muslims, primarily Khorasani Persians are under his command, when the hostilities officially begin in Merv (modern Turkmenistan).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468436#Islamic_Empire", "title": "AD 747", "revid": 1364468436, "section": "Events › By place › Islamic Empire"}}, {"year": 748, "year_label": "748 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan (modern Iran), marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i takes the cities Nishapur and Rey, defeating an Umayyad army (10,000 men) at Gorgan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809772#Arabian_Empire", "title": "748", "revid": 1340809772, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 1040, "year_label": "1040 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 23", "text": "May 23 – Battle of Dandanaqan: The Turkmen Seljuqs defeat the Ghaznavid forces (50,000 men) led by Sultan Masʽud I at Dandanaqan, a fortress city in the desert near Merv. Ghaznavid commanders Ali Daya and Begtoghdi are blamed for the defeat and executed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365593173#Islamic_world", "title": "1040", "revid": 1365593173, "section": "Events › By place › Islamic world"}}, {"year": 1145, "year_label": "1145 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Estimation: Merv (in the Seljuk Empire) becomes the largest city in the world, surpassing Constantinople.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362160818#Asia", "title": "1145", "revid": 1362160818, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1153, "year_label": "1153 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Estimation: Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Merv in the Seljuk Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369184506#Demography", "title": "1153", "revid": 1369184506, "section": "Events › By topic › Demography"}}, {"year": 1221, "year_label": "1221 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February", "text": "February – The cities of Merv (perhaps the world's largest up to this date), Herat and Nishapur which have peacefully surrendered rise up in arms. Genghis Khan sends his son Tolui to spend an extra month to subdue the revolts. Contemporary scholars report over a million people are systematically killed in a genocide.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363300593#Mongol_Empire", "title": "1221", "revid": 1363300593, "section": "Events › By place › Mongol Empire"}}]}