Saqultah

Saqultah (Arabic: ساقلتة) is a small Upper Egyptian city near Akhmim. It is located on the east bank of the Nile, in the Sohag Governorate. The former name of the town is Saqiyat Qultah "saqiyas of Kollouthos (Coptic: ⲕⲉⲗⲗⲟⲩϫ)".[1]

Saqultah
ساقلتة
City
Saqultah
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 26°39′N 31°40′E
Country Egypt
GovernorateSohag
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)+3

History

The city is one of the ancient villages in Egypt. Its original name was "Saqia Qalta." The city was mentioned in the laws of court (قوانين الدواوين) by 6th century Egyptian writer Al-Asaad bin Mamati and in Guidance masterpiece (Tuhfat al-Irshad) from the city of El Quseyya, and in the Mu’jam al-Buldan (glossary of countries): Qulta is a good village known as Saqiya Qalta in Upper Egypt, east of the Nile, without Akhmim in Egypt; And in the masterpiece: a waterwheel I said in the works of Al-Suyuti, quoting from the Akhmimiya. Then he distorted the name by integrating Al-Sadr into the disability, so it became "Saqlath",as mentioned in the old calendar books and in the date of the year 1231 AH, and in the year 1877 it was known as “Saqlath and the Arabs” in the tables of the Ministry of Finance.[2]

See also

References
  1. Carsten Peust (2010). Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten. Göttingen. pp. 71, 83.
  2. Ramzy, Mohamed (1994). ‘Geographical Dictionary of the Egyptian Country.


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