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THE IRRIGATION PUMP IN ASFUN AL-MATA'NA -ESNA-EGYPT(1288 AH/1871 AD) "Architectural and Comparative Study with its Parallel, the Irrigation Pump of El-Darb in Nag' Abi Hammadi

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This research paper aims to study and highlight the irrigation pump (Wabour) of Asfun Al-Mata'na, which is currently affiliated with the city of Esna, Luxor Governorate; however the village of Asfun during the reign of Khedive Ismail was affiliated with Qena. The Asfun irrigation pump is one of the water facilities that were built during the reign of Khedive Ismail in 1288 AH/1871 AD, as the Khedive ordered its construction to irrigate the lands in the village of Asfun and the surrounding villages. The irrigation pump was built on the western side of the Nile River, and its aim was to raise the Nile waters due to the elevation of the lands in that area above the Nile water level during most months of the year. Khedive Ismail was interested in the agricultural lands in Upper Egypt, which made him interested in cleaning the canals and building bridges and arches. But perhaps this was not enough to provide the appropriate amounts of water to grow the desired crops; which made him order the establishment of a group of irrigation pumps in Upper Egypt to ensure the arrival of water in the appropriate amount that works to achieve sufficient production of agricultural crops, which are an important resource of the state's resources, especially since Upper Egypt is famous for growing sugar cane, which requires large amounts of water. Hence, there was a need to establish irrigation pumps during the reign of Khedive Ismail, including the Asfun Al-Mata'na irrigation pump. This irrigation pump (Wabour) was distinguished by distinctive architectural and artistic features and characteristics that had to be studied according to the scientific methodology based on descriptive and analytical study, along with architectural and comparative study between the irrigation pump of Asfun Al-Mata'na in Esna and its parallel Wabour, the so-called Irrigation Pump of El-Darb in Nag' Abi Hammadi- Qena- Egypt.

DOI

10.21608/ijmshr.2024.339923.1034

Keywords

Irrigation Pump, Asfun, Nag' Abi Hammadi, Upper Egypt, Water Building, Brick, Khedive Ismail

Authors

First Name

Ghadeer

Last Name

Khalifa

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Associate Professor - Islamic Department- Faculty of Archaeology- Fayoum University- Al-Fayoum Governorate, Egypt.

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gdk00@fayoum.edu.eg

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0000-0001-8674-047X

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7

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2

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51801

Issue Date

2024-12-01

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2024-11-27

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2024-12-01

Page Start

73

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100

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2785-9614

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2785-9622

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International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Heritage Research

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THE IRRIGATION PUMP IN ASFUN AL-MATA'NA -ESNA-EGYPT(1288 AH/1871 AD) "Architectural and Comparative Study with its Parallel, the Irrigation Pump of El-Darb in Nag' Abi Hammadi

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28 Dec 2024