Opening the Canal

URI https://medievalmideast.org/practice/1669

an annual festival to open the Khalij canal in Cairo

Names

  • Persian: رکوب فتح خلیج = rukūb-i fatḥ-i Khalīj 1

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Events mentioned by Nāṣir-i Khusraw1 c. 1050circa 106510th C Hijrī/16th C CE2001

Sources

  • 1Opening the Canal: Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Nasir-i Khusraw's Book of Travels, ed. Wheeler M. Thackston (Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda, 2001), 61-66 [Persian with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Mary Papadopoulos, “Opening the Canal” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/practice/1669.

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  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML and matching from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
  • Mary Papadopoulos: abstract and categorization, matching and Persian collection/transliteration from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
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