Zawiat at-Taban, or Taban (); also An-Nayan or Wadi Sammalus, is a checkpoint in the
District of Jabal al Akhdar in north-eastern
Libya
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...
. It is located on the cross-roads between the
Charruba–Mechili–Timimi desert road and the
Marawa–Wadi Sammalus.
From February 1925 to August 1927, Wadi Sammalus was the site of several colonial battles between Italian forces and
Senussi
The Senusiyya, Senussi or Sanusi () are a Muslim political-religious Sufi order and clan in Libya and surrounding regions founded in Mecca in 1837 by the Grand Sanussi ( ''as-Sanūssiyy al-Kabīr''), the Algerian Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi.
...
rebels.
Kalifa Tillisi
Khalifa Mohammed Tillisi (;9 May 1930 – 13 January 2010) was a well-known Libyan historian, translator, statesman, and linguist.
Life
Tillisi was born in Tripoli, Italian Tripolitania (present-day Libya), on 9 May 1930, where he first became ...
, ''Mu’jam Ma’arek Al Jehad fi Libia'', 3rd ed., Beirut
Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by populatio ...
, Lebanon
Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...
, 1973, p.509
References
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in Jabal al Akhdar
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