Jalal al-Din al-Mahali; Mabda al’Nil eala al-Tahriri

(The Nile Principle on liberation) (d1459)

-----------------------------------------------------------

Taken from:     الهلاك لمَن حاول كشف أسراره... أساطير رواها العرب عن نهر النيل      Mohammed Shaban

It is said that one of the rulers of Egypt sent several men to the course of the Nile to find its source. They walked until they came to a high mountain, and the water was coming down from the top, and it made such a loud noise that one of them could hardly hear the words of its companion. Then one of them went to the top of the mountain, and when he arrived, he danced, clapped, and laughed, then he left and did not return, and his companions did not know what was wrong with him.

Then a second one went up, and he did the same as the first, then a third, and he said: Tie a rope around my middle, and if I arrive and do what they did, pull me. When he was at the top of the mountain, he did what they did, so they pulled him to them, and it was said that he was mute and did not respond, and he died immediately, so the people returned without knowing anything more about it.

Note: many of his lesser-known works have to do with the Nile, so much more will be found in them. However nearly all will be repeated text from former authors.

- The useful saying about the Happy Nile.

- Introduction to the Blessed Nile of Egypt

- The Nile of Egypt and its merits and virtues.

- The Principle of the Nile on Liberation.