Pandjih

Pandjih, or Panjdeh, is an oasis on the Murghab south of Merv. The river flows north from the Afghan mountains, bringing water to a chain of settlements before spreading into the great Merv oasis and the sands of the Karakum. Panjdeh was known to Turkmen pastoralists and caravan merchants travelling through this dry country. The valley and its irrigated lands formed a narrow strip of settlement between the desert and the uplands farther south.