| Traghan | |
| Other Name: | Taraghen |
| Native Name: | Arabic: تراغن |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Libya |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in libya |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Libya |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Fezzan |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 25.9233°N 14.4206°W |
Traghan or Traghen[1] (Arabic: تراغن) is a small town in the Murzuk Desert in Murzuq District in southwest Libya. It is located east of Murzuk and Zizau. A good high road is said to link Traghan to Zizau in the west, with frequent incrustations of salt.[1]
Traghan around the 13th century was founded by the Saifawa dynasty, a remarkable feat as Traghan lies 1380 kilometres from Njimi, the Saifawa capital.[2] The Saifawa were said to have "gained control of the Fezzan by establishing a post in the oasis of Traghan about twenty miles east of modern Murzuk and some seventy miles west-south-west of ancient Zawila."[3]
Traghan was approached by western explorers on 29 November 1822.[4] In the late 1820s, Traghan was described as was formerly as considerable a place as Murzuk; and was, about sixty years ago, the residence of a sultan, who governed eastern Fezzan. It was described as being in a flat, desert plain, with gardens and date groves.[5] It contained four mosques with small mud minarets and the houses were mostly large but in ruin.[5] The population in the late 1820s was estimated to be 500-600 but it had previously been far more populous.[5] Major Denham noted that the people of Traghan were exceptionally skilled in carpet making and their carpets rivaled those of Constantinople.[5] Hugh Murray later noted its fine carpets in the early 1850s.[6]
The town was the site of a battle between the Libyan National Army and Chadian militants in 2018 during the Second Libyan Civil War.[7]