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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Hydraulic works

Ayn Zubaydah West Branch Aqueduct (Makkah West Zubaydah Canal)

Abbasid Early Islamic 801–842 CE (Makkah Hajj hydraulic) · Abbasid Makkah Hajj oasis (Zubaydah patron)

Zubaydah west branch 4.2 km ashlar 0.9×0.7 m vaulted 12 m with 14 siphons: Abbasid 801/842 west distributary 0.6‰ to Wadi Fatima.