Dar al-Miqyas
دار المقياس
A large building on Rawda Island where the Nile's rise is measured in a deep basin around a standing marble column. Al-Idrisi says the flood comes in August and that a rise of twenty cubits waters the land well. 1
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The Nilometer: a large house on the island of al-Rawda where the height of the water of the Nile is measured, with a deep well and a marble column standing in its middle. al-Idrisi describes that the Nile rises in the month of Aghasht, and that when it reaches twenty cubits it is enough to water the land. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 325
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.325
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