This fire, called a lighthouse, is said to have been built by the same person who built the pyramids west of the Nile, near the city of Fustat. It is also said to be a construction of Alexander when he built Alexandria. God knows the truth of this. In Alexandria are the two obelisks, which are square stones, their length being four cubits, and their width at the base ten spans on each side, making a perimeter of forty spans. They have inscriptions in the Syriac script. The author of the Book of Wonders recounts that they were carved from a mountain called Badim, west of Egypt. On them is written: "I, Damar bin Shaddad, built this city when there was no pyramid, no plague, and no white hair. The stones were like clay, and people did not know their Lord. So I made its cylinders fertile, its rivers flow, and its trees grow. I wanted to surpass the kings who were there with the miraculous monuments I placed in it. So Al-Thabut bin Marra Al-Adawi and Mu'dam bin Al-Qamar bin Abi Raghal Al-Thamudi went to the red mountain of Badim and carried two stones from it on their shoulders. Al-Thabut's ribs broke. I wished I could have been a ransom for them. And they were erected for me by Al-Fitan bin Jarud Al-Mu'tafki on the day of happiness." One of these obelisks is in the corner of the city on the eastern side, and the second is in the middle of the city. It is said that the council south of Alexandria, attributed to Solomon bin Dawud, was built by 'Amr bin Shaddad. It is also said that Solomon bin Dawud built it. Its cylinders and bases remain to this day.