Marāveh

Maraveh lies in the hill country near the Atrek River, east of the Gorgan plain. The surrounding valleys are associated with the Gokleng Turkmen, among whom the poet Magtymguly Pyragy was born in the eighteenth century. He spent much of his life in the Atrek and Gorgan country, composing verse that became central to Turkmen literature. His grave lies west of Maraveh, in the country between the hills and the river.