[Footnote 341: Kus is a town near the Nile, a little way south of
Kept, the ancient Koptos; which shews that Kossir must be the
ancient Berenice, as formerly observed in a note on the Journal of de
Castro. - Astl. I. 131. c.]
[Footnote 342: In this name of Aydhab, the dh is pronounced with a
kind of lisp, like the English th in the words the, then, &c.
About 1150, in the time of al Edrisi, this was a famous port, and
carried on a great trade. Both the king of Bejah or Bajah, a port of
Nubia, and the Soldan of Egypt, had officers here to receive the
customs, which were divided between these sovereigns. There was a
regular ferry here to Jiddah, the port of Mecca, which lies opposite,
the passage occupying a day and a night, through a sea full of shoals
and rocks. In his description of Egypt, Abulfeda says Aydhab belonged to
Egypt, and was frequented by the merchants of Yaman, and by the pilgrims
from Egypt to Mecca. - Astl. I. 131. d.]
The coast of Bahr al Kolzum runs northward from Aden[343], and
proceeds thence round the coast of al Yaman (or Arabia Felix), till it
comes to the borders thereof. Thence it runs north to Joddah. From
Joddah it declines a little to the west, as far as Jahafah, a
station of the people of Mesr (Egypt), when on pilgrimage to Mecca.
Thence advancing north, with a small inclination towards the west, it
washes the coast of Yanbaak (Yamboa). Here it turns off
north-westwards, and having passed Madyan it comes to Aylah.
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- - Ast. I.
131. b.]
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