Jand (town)

Jand (also Jend), was a medieval town on the right bank of the lower Jaxartes river in Transoxiana. It was the original center of Seljuk power, and was ruined by the Mongols, and is now a decayed village.

References

•C.F. Bosworth, The Ghaznavids, Edinburgh, 1963.

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