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Djahi, Djahy or Tjahi (Egyptian: ḏhj, ḏꜣhy) was the Ancient Egypt designation for southern Retjenu, the name for the wider Syrian region.Gardiner, Alan. Egypt of the Pharaohs. Oxford University Press, 1961., p.285.
It ran from approximately Ashkelon in Israel to Lebanon and inland as far as Galilee.Steindorff, George. When Egypt Ruled the East. p. 47. University of Chicago Press, 1942. It was described as the drainage basin of the Jordan River during the battles with Kadesh of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Dynasties of Egypt.
It was the scene of the Battle of Djahy between Ramesses III and the Sea Peoples.
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