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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