Jayhun

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Jayhun is the historical name used in Islamic and Persian sources for the Amu Darya, one of Central Asia’s major rivers.

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Jayhun canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf exonym
historical river name
appliedDuring Islamic Golden Age
associatedWithReligion Islam
category historical names of rivers
contrastedWith Sayhun
etymologyStatus name of uncertain or debated etymology
flowsThrough region historically known as Transoxiana
historicalNameFor Amu Darya
languageOfOrigin Persian language
surface form: Persian
locatedIn Central Asia
mentionedIn Persian historical chronicles
medieval Islamic geographical works
modernEquivalent Amu Darya
pairedWith Sayhun in Islamic geographical literature
refersTo Amu Darya
role formed part of historical frontiers in Central Asia
significance one of the major rivers of Central Asia
usedIn Islamic sources
Persian sources

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