Jand (Transoxania)
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Jand(alsoJend), was a medieval town on the right bank of the lowerJaxartes riverinTransoxianain modern-dayKazakhstan.It was the winter capital of theSeljuk Turksbefore their migration toKhurasan.It was later sacked by theMongols,and is now in ruins.
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[edit]- C.F. Bosworth,The Ghaznavids,Edinburgh, 1963.