al-Qulzum (English spelling) alQulzum

Japanese: al-Qulzum(英語表記)alQulzum
al-Qulzum (English spelling) alQulzum

…When the Arab Islamic military commander Amr ibn al-As founded the city of Fustat (present-day Cairo) in 642, he redeveloped this canal to build the Canal of the Chief of the Faithful (Egyptian Canal), which connects Fustat to the Red Sea. Al-Qulzum, located 1.6 km outside Suez, has long been known as the starting point of this canal. The development of Suez is primarily due to the opening of the Suez Canal. When construction began on the canal in 1859, Suez, which was merely a small fishing village, saw its population increase rapidly, and after the canal was opened in 1869, it rapidly developed into an important port, which it remains to this day. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…642年アラブ・イスラム軍の将,アムル・ブン・アルアースがフスタート(現,カイロ)の町を築いたとき,この運河を再開発してフスタートと紅海を結ぶ〈信徒の長の運河(エジプト運河)〉を建設した。スエズ近郊1.6kmに位置するクルズムal‐Qulzumは,この運河の起点として古くから知られていた。スエズの発展は何よりもスエズ運河開通によるもので,1859年運河工事が開始されると小さな漁村にすぎなかったスエズは人口が急増し,69年の運河開通後は重要な港として一躍発展を遂げ現在にいたっている。…

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