Dhanab al-Timsah (the Crocodile's Tail)
ذنب التمساح بالقلزم
The mile-point from al-Qulzum where the ancient canal was cut toward the Mediterranean — its great bridge still crossed by Egypt's hajj caravans 1.
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A place on the Red Sea, a mile from the city of al-Qulzum. al-Mas'udi reports that a king of the Romans dug a road there towards the Sea of the Romans, but it did not join, because of the height of al-Qulzum. On it is a great bridge over which whoever wishes to go on pilgrimage from Egypt crosses. 2
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 558
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.558
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