keykaan

Updated: May 9, 2025

Azraky, however, places the Djebel Keykaan more to the north, and says that the name is derived from the cries and the clashing of arms of the Mekkawy army, which was stationed there, when the Yemen army, under Toba, had taken possession of the hill of Djyad.

John Lewis Burckhardt - Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred