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Dar al-Miqyas

دار المقياس

A large building on Rawda Island where the Nile's rise is measured in a deep basin around a standing marble column. Al-Idrisi says the flood comes in August and that a rise of twenty cubits waters the land well. 1

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The Nilometer: a large house on the island of al-Rawda where the height of the water of the Nile is measured, with a deep well and a marble column standing in its middle. al-Idrisi describes that the Nile rises in the month of Aghasht, and that when it reaches twenty cubits it is enough to water the land. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 325
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.325
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islam.museum contributors. “Dar al-Miqyas”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/dar-al-miqyas/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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