The Land of Darkness was a mythical land presumably enveloped in perpetual darkness. It was usually claimed that the area located in Abkhazia and that area originally known as Hanyson, Hamson or the Abkhazian Forest, is believed to be from the Turkish district of Hemşin (Hamshen).
The country of darkness enjoyed popularity in medieval travel literature such as the Alexander Romans and the travel adventures of Jean de Mandeville. According to Mandeville, nobody dared to enter Hanyson because of fear and fear, but the people around the area knew that the area was inhabited because they heard voices. The inhabitants of Hanyson would be descendants of Persian emperor Shapur II and his men who fell there forever by a miracle of God. Shapur II pursued his former followers, converted to Christianity, into Hanyson, where he surrounded them on an empty plain. Then they prayed to God, and God responded by embracing the Emperor's armies with a thick darkness that struck the whole area. In Alexander Alexander, Alexander the Great crosses the area in search of the Water of Life. After reaching Russia and reaching almost the edge of the world, Alexander finds the land of darkness and travels with his servant Andreas. Alexander can not find his way through the darkness but his servant does. Andreas finds the water source and drinks it and becomes immortal.
The land of darkness is also identified with the area around the Northern Ural (mountain range). When Abu Hamid visited al-Gharnati Wolga-Bulgaria in 1135-36, he was told that the country of darkness was not far from Joegra. About 1320 Ibn Battuta was in the same area and wanted to visit the country of darkness, but he decided to refrain because it took 40 days to get there by small carriages drawn by big dogs. Externe link
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