Maʿān - معان
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Maʿān; معان
[A] town of the south of Jordan, lying in lat. 30° 12′ N. and long. 35° 44′ E. at an altitude of 3,523 ft./1,074 m., and the chef-lieu of the governorate which is to the south of the Karak [q.v.] one and to the east of the Wādī ʿAraba. The name is said to come from Maʿān, son of Lot.
ثم ارتحلنا الى معان، وهو آخر بلاد الشام
location: 30.33333 36.58333
identifier: https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5386
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/5386
identifier: http://gazetteer.dainst.org/place/2289339
Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār Ibn Baṭṭūta 126
Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition P. Bearman
http://gazetteer.dainst.org/place/2289339 iDAI.gazetteer Deutsches Archäologisches Institute