Site of Merv - Turkmenistan
Ruins of Mausoleums of Two Askhab - a significant pilgrimage site for two companions of the prophet lies in front of Timurid iwans at Merv, formerly Achaemenid Satrapy of Margiana, and later Alexandria and Antiochia in Margiana - a major oasis-city in Central Asia, on the historical Silk Road, located near today's Mary in Turkmenistan
Picture No
10980454
Media ID
46088497
Size
5000px x 3072px
(3.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / John Massey Stewart Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1910s
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Achaemenid Alexandria Antiochia Companions Mausoleum Merv Oasis Pilgrimage Turkmenistan
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