Nishan was a Polabian Slavic tribe that inhabited the basin of

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river near

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. They most likely were in the union with Glomatian tribe.Lech Leciejewicz (red.), ''Mały słownik kultury dawnych Słowian''. p. 262. They were conquered by

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between 928 and 929, and their lands were incorporated into the

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. ''Feudal Germany, Volume II''

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* Lech Leciejewicz (red.), ''Mały słownik kultury dawnych Słowian''. Warsaw. Wiedza Powszechna. 1998. ISBN 83-214-0499-5. *

. ''Feudal Germany, Volume II''. New York. Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. 1928. Polabian Slavs 9th century in East Francia 10th century in East Francia