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Known exclusively from Arabic sources, Maghas or Maas was the capital city of Alania, a medieval kingdom in the Greater Caucasus. Its location is uncertain, with some authors favouring North Ossetia and others pointing to Arkhyz in modern-day Karachay-Cherkessia, where three 10th-century churches still stand. Another possible location is Ingushetia[citation needed], whose capital city Magas, when founded in 1995, was named after the ancient town. The destruction of Maghas is ascribed either to the Mongols or to Tamerlane.
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