"الجغرافيا الشرقية لابن حوقل، رحّالة عربي من القرن العاشر" [‎٢‎٩] (٣٨٨/٨٢)

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Account of Egypt.
O ne of the boundaries of Egypt begins from the ^^
Sea of Roum, between aj jc XL^J Iskanderiah (Alexandria) and
Barkah, at the deserts behind ^.1 j IFahh; proceeding to the
land of the Nubians, and to the land of Azp-t Bajeh, and back
from Asouan to the Sea of Roum; and from Bajeh,
to the ^jX3 Sea of Kolzum (the Red Sea), till it comes
to the jjL Tour Sina (Mount Sinai), in the territories of
the Children of Israel.
From the coast of the Sea of Roum to the land of the Nubians
behind j Wahh, is twenty-five merhileh. From the borders of
Nubia you must go eight merhileh to the south; from
Kolzum, on the coast of the Red Sea, to the JolyJ a >J
Tiah beni Israel, or Desert of the Israelites, six merhileh; and
from the sea to the borders of that Desert, or Tiah, where it is
bounded by the Sea of Roum, eight merhileh; from 1 Asouan
to the Sea of Roum, twenty-five merhileh.
Now we present a map of this country-