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BIABANNA

BIABANNA (Βιαβάνα and Βιαυάννα, Ptol. 6.7), a town in the interior of Arabia Felix, 76° 30′, 23° 0′ of Ptolemy. Identical in position with the modern Bubban, on the south of the mountains Sumama (the Zametus of Ptolemy), mentioned by Captain Sadlier. (MS. Journal cited by Forster, Arabia, vol. ii. p. 313, note, comp. p. 250.)

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