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Jabal us Sarāj (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 06 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.1000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 069 14 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 69.2333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Probably was the historic Alexandria ad Caucasum, founded on Alexander's route, on the Kabul river; located south of the Hindu Kush mountain range, which the Macedonians mistakenly called the Caucasus, thus accounting for the historic name. |
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| Jabal us Sarāj (preferred,C,V)
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| Jabal Os Saraj (C,V)
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| Jebal Seraj (C,V)
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| Jabal Os Sarāj (C,V)
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| Alexandria (H,V)
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............ | after 329 BC |
| Alexandria-ad-Caucasum (H,V)
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............ | from 4th cen. BC |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded 329 BC |
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