Jajan
جاجان
A town west-southwest of Gharghun, several stages away in the lands of the Ghuzz; Dhahlan lies near it, in al-Idrisi's account. 1
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Jajan is a town lying between west and south of Gharghun, several stages from it, in the lands of the Ghazziyya. Al-Idrisi says that Dhulhan is near it. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 841
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.841
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