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In this work we demonstrate an application of Faraday rotation for measuring an extremely small Zeeman splitting of an Mn related absorption line placed at 1.417 eV in optical absorption spectrum of Mn and Mg doped gallium nitride. Analysis of the collected spectra allowed us to determine the value of the splitting as equal to 0.12±0.01 meV at 6 T. This data should help in establishing the nature of the observed absorption band.