ASH-SHAM. الشام
Lit. “That which is on the left-hand (looking to the rising sun),” i.e. the northern country to Makkah, Syria.
Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam
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Ash-Sham
Posted on 07/22/2012 by marina
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