Historical Reference |
Merv Oasis, Murghab River, and the Tejun Oasis |
The large green area to the left is Merv and the green line south from the main area is the Murghab River that flows north and feeds the Merv Oasis. The Tejun Oasis is the large green area to the left.
Afghanistan and Persia 1856 (1.4MB) "Map to Illustrate the Travels of General Ferrier in Persia and Afghanistan" from Caravan Journeys and Wanderings in Persia, Afghanistan, Turkistan, and Beloochistan; with Historical Notices of the Countries Lying Between Russia and India by Joseph Pierre Ferrier. Second Edition 1857. " Merv-i- Qajar," or Merv of the Qajar (the present reigning dynasty in Persia), evidencing by its name that it is the last built of the four towns of Merv, was roofless ; but its streets, walls of houses, mosques, and baths remained, a silent and gloomy record of the past. The Merv of the Seljukian dynasty was marked by low hillocks and a solitary tomb. Ancient Merv had been utterly effaced. Merv to Khiva. — On leaving Merv, Abbott crossed a dry channel of the Murghab, and proceeded by a well-beaten road, in direction E.N.E. He soon observed to the east the rains of a former Merv, of which a mosque and several forts were prominent features. The space covered by these remains of bygone prosperity appeared some thirty miles in circumference; so that it might well have included more than the city of the Persian kings. On Journeys Between Herat, and Khiva by Goldsmid Page 14 |
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