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Marwa and Marwazi, and see what he means by the Great River. Then I saw in the book "Taqwim al-Buldan" by Imad al-Din Abu al-Fida Ismail bin Nasser Sultan Hammad that in Al-Andalus there is a river called the Great River, which is the River of Seville. The text states: "And from it is the River of Seville from the lands of Al-Andalus, and it is called by the people of Al-Andalus the Great River." End quote. Perhaps it was called the Great River by them due to its distinction with the ebb and flow of the tide, as Abu al-Fida pointed out in his statement: "The ebb and flow of the tide at it was called al-Arha - boats are still there, detached with the ebb and assisted with the flow." Some have said about the ebb and flow: "Khalil, hasten to the river with me in the morning, * and stop there when the tide is strong. And if al-Arha is unable, then behind it * is the sea, and my eye does not wish to see it." End quote. According to this, Alexandria would be the name of a town in Al-Andalus. * Perhaps Alexander when he passed through the island of Al-Andalus built a town there. * The author of the book "Lashd al-Azhar fi Ajib al-Aqtar" mentioned that Alexander the Two-Horned passed through the lands of Al-Andalus and stayed there near the mountain of Tariq, known as Jazr al-Raqaaq, and that the location of this stay was land between Nature and the lands of Al-Andalus. He did not mention in this place that Alexander built a town on this island, but this does not indicate the absence of a town there. * And the apparent meaning of their words is that there are two, each called Alexander. One is Alexander son of the philosopher, and the other, with a fatha on the hamza, is the killer of Darius. And in the dictionary in another place, "Dhu al-Qarnayn" is Alexander the Roman, because when he called them to God Almighty, they struck him on one horn, and God Almighty revived him, then he called them again, and they struck him on the other horn, and he died, then God revived him, or because he reached the two extremities of the earth, or for two interpretations of him. End quote. So, the apparent meaning of his words is that Alexander the Two-Horned is the same as Alexander the Roman. * And that ```

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