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The Damietta Branch The Damietta Branch
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Tinnis-bound Distributaries and Lake Tinnis/Manzala Tinnis-bound Distributaries and Lake Tinnis/Manzala
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West-Bank Distributaries of the Damietta Branch West-Bank Distributaries of the Damietta Branch
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The Pelusiac Branch The Pelusiac Branch
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The Za’faraniya Waterway and Lake Burullus/Nastaru The Za’faraniya Waterway and Lake Burullus/Nastaru
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The Canal of the Commander of the Faithful The Canal of the Commander of the Faithful
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5 The Eastern Delta in the Islamic Era
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Published:January 2015
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Abstract
This chapter examines the changing waterway geography of the eastern Delta from the beginning of Egypt’s Islamic era through to the early modern period. It examines the contributions of medieval texts, particularly the geographers Ibn Hawqal and al-Idrisi, to our understanding of western Delta geography. While the nomenclatures of their era are quite different, the topological approach of these authors allows us to identify the Damietta branch in much its modern form by the 10th century A.D. The chapter considers the demise of the Peluisac branch as a natural distributary in the 9th century A.D. and identifies the subsequent emergence of waterways leading to the island city of Tinnis, in modern Lake Manzala, as alternative routes between the Nile network and the Mediterranean Sea. It also investigates the Arab re-excavation of a canal leading to the Red Sea. The chapter is to be read in conjunction with Appendices 1–3 of the book.
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