Taban
زاوية النيان
Village
Taban is located in Libya
Taban
Taban
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 32°12′N 21°32′E / 32.200°N 21.533°E / 32.200; 21.533
Country Libya
RegionCyrenaica
DistrictJabal al Akhdar
Time zoneUTC+2

Zawiat at-Taban, or Taban (Arabic: زاوية النيان); also An-Nayan or Wadi Sammalus, is a check point in the District of Jabal al Akhdar in north-eastern Libya.[1] It is located on the cross-roads between the Charruba–Mechili–Timimi desert road and the Marawa–Wadi Sammalus.

Between February 1925 and August 1927, Wadi Sammalus was the site of several colonial battles between Italian forces and Senussi Rebels.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Maplandia world gazetteer
  2. ↑ Kalifa Tillisi, Mu’jam Ma’arek Al Jehad fi Libia, 3rd ed., Beirut, Lebanon, 1973, p.509
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