Zawiat at-Taban, or Taban ( ar, زاوية النيان); also An-Nayan or Wadi Sammalus, is a check point in the
District of Jabal al Akhdar in north-eastern
Libya
Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...
. 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
The Senusiyya, Senussi or Sanusi ( ar, السنوسية ''as-Sanūssiyya'') are a Muslim political-religious tariqa (Sufi order) and clan in colonial Libya and the Sudan region founded in Mecca in 1837 by the Grand Senussi ( ar, السنوسي ...
Rebels.
Kalifa Tillisi
Khalifa Mohammed Tillisi ( ar, خليفة محمد التليسي ;9 May 1930 – 13 January 2010) was a well-known Libyan historian, translator, and linguist.
Life
Tillisi was born in Tripoli, Italian Tripolitania (present-day Libya), on 9 Ma ...
, ''Mu’jam Ma’arek Al Jehad fi Libia'', 3rd ed., Beirut
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
, Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
, 1973, p.509
References
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in Jabal al Akhdar
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