Jand (Transoxania)
Jand (also Jend), was a medieval town on the right bank of the lower Jaxartes river in Transoxiana in modern-day Kazakhstan. It was the winter capital of the Seljuk Turks before their migration to Khurasan. It was later sacked by the Mongols, and is now in ruins.
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References
- C.F. Bosworth, The Ghaznavids, Edinburgh, 1963.
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