Dhu'l-Qarnayn

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Etymology

From Arabic ذُو الْقَرْنَيْن (ḏū l-qarnayn, literally “the one with the two horns”).

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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

  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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