...The Coptic Christians in the surrounding area also supplied necessities, and the number of merchants who settled here increased. Amr ibn al-As improved the canal that had existed since the Pharaonic period to Khurzm (Suez), opening up direct water transport to the Red Sea. This was called the Canal of the Chief of the Faithful, the Egyptian Canal, or simply the Canal (Khalij), and trade with the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean supported the subsequent prosperity of Fustat. During the Tulunid dynasty (868-905) and the Ikhsid dynasty (935-969), the towns of al-'Askar and al-Qaṭā'i were built respectively to the northeast of Fustat, and there was an influx of Iranians, Turks, and Armenians from the east, and Berbers from the Maghreb in the west. ... From Suez…It was repaired and used in Roman times, but it eventually fell into disrepair due to the accumulation of silt. In 642, when the Arab-Islamic military commander Amr ibn al-As founded the city of Fustat (present-day Cairo), he redeveloped the canal to build the Canal of the Chief of the Faithful (Egyptian Canal), which connected Fustat to the Red Sea. Al-Qulzum, located 1.6 km outside Suez, had long been known as the starting point of this canal. … *Some of the terms mentioned in the "Egyptian Canal" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…周辺のコプト教徒も必需品を供給し,ここに住みつく商人も増えた。アムル・ブン・アルアースはファラオ時代以来のクルズム(スエズ)に至る運河を改修して紅海方面と直接の水運を開いたが,これは〈信徒の長の運河〉〈エジプト運河〉あるいは単に〈運河〉(ハリージュ)とよばれ,これによる紅海・インド洋方面との貿易がその後のフスタートの繁栄を支えた。トゥールーン朝(868‐905),イフシード朝(935‐969)の時期には,フスタートの北東にそれぞれアスカルal‐‘Askarとカターイーal‐Qaṭā’i‘の町を建設し,東方からのイラン人,トルコ人,アルメニア人,西方マグリブからのベルベルの流入もみられた。… 【スエズ】より…ローマ時代にも改修工事が行われて使用されていたが,やがて土砂の堆積によって荒廃してしまった。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。… ※「エジプト運河」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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