Dhu'l-Qarnayn

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Arabic ذُو الْقَرْنَيْن (ḏū l-qarnayn).

Proper noun[edit]

Dhu'l-Qarnayn

  1. (Islam) The powerful ruler (traditionally believed to be a reference to Alexander the Great[1]) who built the wall that keeps Gog and Magog from attacking mankind.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Bietenholz, Peter G. (1994) Historia and fabula: myths and legends in historical thought from antiquity to the modern age‎[1], Brill, →ISBN, pages 122–123
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