342139

The Port of Al-Qulzum and its Importance in the Light of the Arabic Papyri of the Period from the 1st Century to the 3rd Century A.H

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Islamic History, archaeology, and Civilization.

Abstract

This research deal with reading and analysis an Arabic papyrus from the first to third century, which document some of aspects in the port of Qulzum in that time like the importance of Qulzum as commercial port in Islamic times since the beginning of the Arab conquest of Egypt , it was an ancient and important commercial port located on the northern tip of the Red Sea, and has become the main port of Egypt in the Red Sea, and the digging of the Gulf of Amir Al-Mu'mineen connecting between Fustat and Qulzum led to an increase in its importance as commercial center for internal and external trade, , and there was a shipbuilding house for the Islamic fleet in Qulzum, The research also deals with the importance of Arabic papyri in documenting the various aspects of Islamic civilization, and the port of Qulzum was highlighted and its importance was documented through the Arabic papyri and the information and content mentioned therein indicates the use of Qulzum as an important port and a home for shipbuilding and supplying the army and the fleet with soldiers and belongings.
One of the goals of the research was clarify the role and importance of Arabic papyri in documenting aspects of Islamic civilization, economic, and commercial information in the port of Qulzum.

DOI

10.21608/mjthr.2024.260047.1134

Keywords

Qalzum, the Gulf of Amir Al-Mu'mineen, home for shipbuilding

Authors

First Name

wafaa

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

ibrahem

Affiliation

Department of Tourist Guidance, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Minia University, Minia, Egypt

Email

wafaa.ibrahem.1991@gmail.com

City

Minia

Orcid

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First Name

Samah

Last Name

mahmoud

MiddleName

Abd El Rahman

Affiliation

Tourist Guidence department , faculty of tourism and Hotels ,Mina university , Mina , Egypt

Email

samah.mahmoud@mu.edu.eg

City

ElMina

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

Morsy

MiddleName

Mohammed

Affiliation

Department of Archeology and Civilization, Faculty of Arts, Helwan University, Helwan, Egypt.

Email

mohammed_morsy@arts.helwan.edu.eg

City

Helwan

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-

Volume

17

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

45433

Issue Date

2024-06-01

Receive Date

2024-01-02

Publish Date

2024-06-01

Page Start

64

Page End

81

Print ISSN

2357-0652

Online ISSN

2735-4741

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https://mjthr.journals.ekb.eg/article_342139.html

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342,139

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Original Article

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1,533

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Publication Title

Minia Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research MJTHR

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https://mjthr.journals.ekb.eg/

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The Port of Al-Qulzum and its Importance in the Light of the Arabic Papyri of the Period from the 1st Century to the 3rd Century A.H

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27 Dec 2024