Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text

The text related to the cultural heritage 'State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv”' has mentioned 'Colony' in the following places:
Occurrence Sentence Text Source
In 671 Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan sent 50,000 Arab troops to Merv as a colony.
This colony retained its native Kufan sympathies and became the nucleus of Khurasan.