After the Persian Empire was defeated by Alexander the Great, Bactria, Sogdiana and Merv, being part of Persian Empire, had to defend themselves from new invaders.

* Yazdegerd III of Persia is killed in Merv by his followers, ending both Persian resistance to Arab conquest, and the Sassanid dynasty.

Bactria was the Greek name for Old Persian Bāxtriš ( from native * Bāxçiš ) ( named for its capital Bactra, modern Balkh ), in what is now northern Afghanistan, and Margiana was the Greek name for the Persian satrapy of Margu, the capital of which was Merv, in today's Turkmenistan.

Muslim royalty built palatial pleasure domes in continuation of the Roman and Persian imperial models, although many have not survived, and domed mausoleums from Merv to India developed the form.

Under the Achaemenid dynasty Merv is mentioned as being a place of some importance: under the name of Margu it occurs as part of one of the satrapies in the Behistun inscriptions ( ca 515 BC ) of the Persian monarch Darius Hystaspis.

As the caliphate weakened, Arab rule in Merv was replaced by that of the Persian general Tahir b. al-Husayn and his Tahirid dynasty in 821.

It is during this period that Merv expanded to its greatest size – Arab and Persian geographers termed it “ the mother of the world ”, the “ rendezvous of great and small ”, the “ chief city of Khurasan ” and the capital of the eastern Islamic world.

The Persian historian Juvayni, writing a generation after the destruction of Merv, wrote

Kushks ( Persian, Kushk, " pavilion ", " kiosk "), which comprise the chief remains of Abbasid Merv, are a building type unique to Central Asia during this period.

Carpets from the region of Merv are sometimes considered superior to the Persian.

Bactria was the Greek name for the area of Bactra ( modern Balkh ), in what is now northern Afghanistan, and Margiana was the Greek name for the Persian satrapy of Margu, the capital of which was Merv, in today's Turkmenistan.

Al-Muqanna ‘ was an ethnic Persian from Merv named Hashim ibn Hakim, originally a clothes pleater.

Bactria was the Greek name for the area of Bactra ( modern Balkh ), in what is now northern Afghanistan, and Margiana was the Greek name for the Persian satrapy of Margu, the capital of which was Merv, in modern-day southeastern Turkmenistan.

After the defeat of the Persian forces at the Battle of Jalula in 637, Emperor Yazdgerd III went to Rey and from there moved to Merv where he set up his capital.

During his reign almost the whole of the former Sassanid empire's territory rebelled from time to time until 651, until the last Sassanid emperor was assassinated near Merv ending the Sassanid dynasty and Persian resistance to the Muslims.

Abu Hamid Ahmed ibn Mohammed al-Saghani al-Asturlabi ( meaning the astrolabe maker of Saghan, near Merv ) was a Persian astronomer and historian of science.

Al-Baladhuri wrote that Yazdegerd III in his way to Marv from Isfahan Province to Kerman to Sistan arrived in Khorasan Province city of Gonabad and the envoy of the governor of Merv came to Gonabd to welcome the king.

church father Isho ' dad of Merv ( probably based on the work of Theodore of Mopsuestia ), which J. R. Harris translated back into Gr. in Exp Expositor " 7 ( 1907 ), p 336.

As an example, on the Wheel of Fortune reel machine ( based on the popular Wheel of Fortune TV game show created by Merv Griffin ), the player must play 3 coins per spin to be eligible to trigger the bonus round and possibly win the jackpot.

al-Qifti, Usaibi ' ah ), a physician and philosopher born in Merv about 192 AH ( 808 C. E.

Almost all of the Bob Stewart, Heatter – Quigley, Hatos – Hall ( except for a large portion of Let's Make a Deal ), and pre-1980 Merv Griffin productions have been destroyed, with the exception of a few rare pilots and " cast aside " episodes.

* Merv Griffin ( 1925 – 2007 ), musician, talk-show host, television producer

Over the next several years, Merman was featured in two films, the successful It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ( 1963 ) and the flop The Art of Love ( 1965 ), and made dozens of television appearances, guesting on variety series hosted by Perry Como, Red Skelton, Judy Garland, Dean Martin, Ed Sullivan, and Carol Burnett, on talk shows with Mike Douglas, Dick Cavett, and Merv Griffin, and in episodes of That Girl, The Lucy Show, Batman, and Tarzan, among others.

* Merv Griffin ( 1925 – 2007 ), television producer, once owned a farm a few miles outside of Califon.

* Merv Griffin ( 1925 – 2007 ), television producer, once owned a farm in Lebanon Township, though it had a Califon mailing address.

Bill Willingham came to Vertigo after a plethora of small press work in 1999 to launch his poker miniseries Proposition Player ( 1999 – 2000 ), and contribute to the Sandman universe with a one-shot spy-spoof-Sandman Presents: Merv Pumpkinhead, Agent of D. R. E. A. M.

On the strength of his record sales, he made numerous national TV appearances, including on Arthur Godfrey radio show, The Merv Griffin Show, The Mike Douglas Show ( which he co-hosted for a week ), The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show, and The Kraft Music Hall ; he also performed in Las Vegas and did concerts around the U. S. Bryant, who still lives in Pickens, continues to write and record music.

* Merv Griffin ( 1925 – 2007 ), producer, television host, and singer

* Merv Digital Media Archive ( creative commons-licensed photos, laser scans, panoramas ), particularly focusing on Sultan Kala ( Gala ), with data from a University College London / CyArk research partnership

Her last televised performance was on an episode of The Merv Griffin Show ( aired July 6, 1979 ), during which she performed Memory Lane and Lover and Friend.

He took Merv in December 747 ( or January 748 ), defeating the Umayyad governor Nasr ibn Sayyar, as well as Shayban al-Khariji, a Kharijite aspirant to the caliphate.

On June 2, 2011, Conservative Andrew Scheer ( Regina — Qu ' Appelle ) was elected Speaker, defeating the following MPs over the course of six ballots: New Democrat Denise Savoie ( Victoria ( electoral district )) and Conservatives Dean Allison ( Niagara West — Glanbrook ), Barry Devolin ( Haliburton — Kawartha Lakes — Brock ), Ed Holder ( London West ), Lee Richardson ( Calgary Centre ), Bruce Stanton ( Simcoe North ), and Merv Tweed ( Brandon — Souris ).

* Merv Tweed ( born 1955 ), Canadian politician

Boon was formerly a member of the Cricket Australia selection board, along with Merv Hughes, Andrew Hilditch and the newly appointed Jamie Cox.

The band was originally composed of the ex-Samson pair of bassist Merv Goldsworthy and drummer Pete Jupp, the Overland brothers – vocalist / guitarist Steve and lead guitarist Chris Overland, both formerly of Wildlife, and keyboardist Philip Manchester, also known as Didge Digital.

Four walled cities correspond to the chief periods of Merv's importance: the oldest, Erkgala, corresponds to Achaemenid Merv, and is the smallest of the three.

* Antiochia in Margiana, now Merv, Turkmenistan

After Alexander's death, Merv became the chief city of the Province of Margiana of the Seleucid, Parthian and Sassanid states.

Merv was renamed Antiochia Margiana, by the Seleucid ruler Antiochus Soter, who rebuilt and expanded the city at the site presently known as Gyaur Gala ( Turkish Gayur Kala ) ( Fortress ).

The Murghab delta region, known to the Greeks as Margiana, gives Merv two distinct advantages: first, it provides an easy southeast-northwest route from the Afghan highlands towards the lowlands of Karakum, the Amu Darya valley and Khwarezm.

Former names include Merv, Meru and Margiana.

Sanjan gained further importance following the Seleucid establishment of Merv as the principal city of the Margiana province, a status it also held during the subsequent Parthian ( 250 BCE – 226 CE ) and Sassanid ( 226-651 CE ) eras.

Merv was the centere of Margiana.