(eds.), "Maʿān - معان " in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5386 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 30.33333 36.58333 https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5386 http://syriaca.org/place/5386 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/2289339iDAI.gazetteer Deutsches Archäologisches Institute