Regional999 CE

Battle of Merv

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Turkmenistan

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Merv (999), part of the Eastern Muslim Dynastic Wars. Mahmud of Ghazni defeated Amir Abdul Malik.

Belligerents2

Mahmud of Ghazni
Amir Abdul Malik

Conflict graph

PART OFEastern Islamic dynastic wars (990–1120)

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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