Proper noun
Bashan
A region of the Transjordan
He is no longer with me-by my orders-but then that is merel the carrying-out of an order, after all a kind of negative being-with-me, as he would say. As for any independent life which Bashan might lead without me during these hours-that is not to be thought of. Thomas Mann
However, they were unable to push the Israelis back from the Bashan salient, and suffered heavy losses in their engagements with the Israelis. Source: Internet