Abyan - أبين
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Abyan; أبين
[The ʿAdan Abyan] district ( mik̲h̲lāf ) in Yaman in the Wādī Banā, comprising several castles and the seaport of ʿAdan . There is a settlement of the same name Abyan contained in the district.
وأبين هى اقدم من عدن واليها تنسب عدن لان برهم وفواكههم وخضرهم منها لكثرة القرى والمزارع بها وكذلك لهج
location: 13.6291 46.126
identifier: https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5573
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/5573
identifier: http://sws.geonames.org/80425
Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Maqdisī 85
Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition P. Bearman
http://sws.geonames.org/80425 GeoNames Marc Wick