#445 - Merv

owner = PRT	#MMETR changed
controller = PRT	#MMETR changed
culture = parthian
religion = zoroastrian
capital = "Merv"
trade_goods = cotton
hre = no
discovered_by = nomad_group
discovered_by = eastern_nomad_group
discovered_by = western_nomad_group
discovered_by = indian
discovered_by = asian
discovered_by = early_indian
discovered_by = ottoman
discovered_by = middle_eastern
discovered_by = muslim
base_tax = 3
base_production = 3
base_manpower = 2
is_city = yes
add_core = PRT		#MMETR changed
center_of_trade = 1

50.1.1 = { owner = MGN controller = MGN add_core = MGN remove_core = PRT }		#MMETR, Margiana independence from rival king
65.1.1 = { owner = KUS controller = KUS add_core = KUS }		#MMETR, keep Margiana as a core, Kushan holds city before Parthians regain in 3rd AD as a nominal vassal
200.1.1 = { owner = MGN controller = MGN add_core = MGN  remove_core = KUS }		#MMETR, Margiana regains autonomy as a de facto independent state
260.1.1 = { owner = ERS controller = ERS add_core = ERS remove_core = MGN }		#fully annexed from vassal kingdom to province by Sassanids

424.1.1 = { religion = chalcedonism }
431.7.1 = { religion = nestorian }
484.1.1 = { owner = HEP controller = HEP add_core = HEP } #Hephthalite–Sasanian War of 484
512.1.1 = { owner = ERS controller = ERS remove_core = HEP } #Regained by Sassanids during Kavad I's reign, exact year unknown
647.1.1 = { owner = RSD controller = RSD add_core = RSD remove_core = ERS }
650.1.1 = { culture = khorasani }
661.7.28 = { owner = UMA controller = UMA add_core = UMA remove_core = RSD }
750.8.6 = { owner = ABA controller = ABA add_core = ABA remove_core = UMA }
770.1.1 = { religion = sunni }
819.1.1 = { owner = KRT controller = KRT add_core = KRT remove_core = ABA }
870.1.1 = { owner = SIS controller = SIS add_core = SIS }
900.1.1 = { owner = BUK controller = BUK add_core = BUK remove_core = SIS }
998.1.1 = { owner = GHZ controller = GHZ add_core = GHZ remove_core = BUK }
1020.1.1 = { culture = turkmeni }
1037.1.1 = { owner = SEL controller = SEL add_core = SEL remove_core = GHZ }
1153.1.1 = { owner = KHW controller = KHW add_core = KHW remove_core = SEL }
1160.1.1 = { fort_15th = yes }
1221.1.1 = { owner = KHA controller = KHA add_core = KHA remove_core = KHW }
1260.1.1 = { owner = ILK controller = ILK add_core = ILK remove_core = KHA }
1335.1.1 = { owner = KRT controller = KRT add_core = KRT remove_core = ILK }
1380.1.1 = { owner = TIM controller = TIM add_core = TIM remove_core = KRT }

1409.5.13 = { #Ulugh Beg is made Governor of Samarkand
	owner = TRS
	controller = TRS
	add_core = TRS
}
1448.3.1 = { #Ulugh Beg takes Herat and reunites the core of the Timurid Empire
	owner = TIM
	controller = TIM
	remove_core = TRS
}
1502.1.1 = { owner = KHO controller = KHO remove_core = TIM } # The end of the Timurids in Samarkand
1505.1.1 = { controller = BUK }
1506.1.1 = { owner = BUK add_core = BUK remove_core = KHO culture = uzbehk } # Conquered by Muhammad Shaybani
1510.12.2 = { owner = PER controller = PER add_core = PER } # Battle of Merv, Ismail Shah defeats and kills Muhammad Shaybani
1673.1.1 = { discovered_by = ENG }
1677.1.1 = { discovered_by = FRA }
1700.1.1 = { culture = turkmeni }
1707.5.12 = { discovered_by = GBR }
1750.1.2 = { owner = KHO controller = KHO add_core = KHO }
1785.1.1 = { owner = BUK controller = BUK remove_core = PER remove_core = KHO } # Conquered by Bukhara, city razed and population deported

1884.1.1   = { owner = RUS controller = RUS add_core = RUS }
1922.12.30 = { owner = SOV controller = SOV add_core = SOV remove_core = RUS }
1924.10.27 = { add_core = TRK remove_core = BUK }
1991.10.27 = { owner = TRK controller = TRK remove_core = SOV remove_core = RUS capital = "Mary" }



