Back معركة مرو Arabic Mərv döyüşü Azerbaijani مرو دؤیوشو AZB نبرد مرو Persian Mervin taistelu Finnish Битва при Мерве Russian Merv Savaşı Turkish Marv jangi Uzbek 梅爾夫戰役 Chinese
| Battle of Merv | |||||||||
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| Part of the Persian–Uzbek wars | |||||||||
 A fresco "Battle of Merv between Shah Ismail I and the Uzbek khan Muhammad Shaybani in 1510" in Chehel Sotoun palace in Isfahan. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
.svg){kind=small} Safavid Iran |
 Khanate of Bukhara | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Shah Ismail I |
Muhammad Shaybani † | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 17,000[3] | 28,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | 10,000 Killed[4] | ||||||||
The Battle of Merv (Persian: نبرد مرو) occurred on 2 December 1510 as a result of the Uzbek invasion of the Khorasan region of Safavid Persia. It ended with a decisive victory for the Persians. The result was that the Safavids regained control of the Khorasan region.
- ^ Savory 1998, pp. 628–636.
- ^ Savory 2007, p. 35.
- ^ Ismāʿīl I at Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ Savory 2007, p. 36.