Posted by Scientific Insights on Saturday, February 18, 2017
Where Location Wall Dzulkarnain
Contrary to the explanation of Sheikh Hamdi bin Hamza Abu Zaid, Abdullah Yusuf Ali in the interpretation of The Holy Qur'an writes that in Hissar district, Uzbekistan, about 240 km to the southeast of Bukhara, there is a narrow gap between the rocks. It is on the main line between Turkestan to India with ordinate 38oN and 67oE.
The place is now called buzghol-khana in Turkish, but the first is the Arabic name al Hadid chapter. The Persians called dar-i-Ahani. The Chinese call it a tie-men-kuan. Everything is meaningless iron gate.
The satellite picture on the ordinate, is no longer found the walls or metal doors. However, a wanderer China, Hiouen Tsiang, in the seventh century, once past the iron-plated door when traveling to India. And, not far from the place, there is a lake called Iskandar Kul.
In 842, the Abbasid caliph, al-wathiq Billah sent a team to the gate headed by Sallam. As a result, the expedition team still found a gate in the mountains was as wide as 137 meters (some are calling 150 meters) with large columns on both sides made of steel beams were cast with liquid copper, depending where the giant doors. In World War II, is said to Winston Churchill, the British leader, recognizing the iron gate.
In another version, mentioned the archaeologists found the fort in the early 15th century AD in the back Jeihun expedition Balkh and referred to as' Babul Hadid "(Iron Doors) near Tarmidz. Tamerlane had walked, also Shah Rukh and German scientists Slade Verger. Archaeologists Spain, Klapigeo, in 1403 AD, had been sent by King Qisythalah in Andalus there and visit on Tamerlane. 'Babul Hadid' is a connecting road between Samarqindi and India.
There is also a state, where the wall has sunk, and until recently was in Azerbaijan and Armenia, precisely in the mountains and a very high and hard. He stood erect as if surrounded by two very high wall. The place was listed on the maps Islam and Russian, is located in the Republic of Georgia.
Al-Sharif al-Idrisi in his book al-Musytaq Nuzhat Ikhtiraq fi al-Afaq, confirmed it through history research conducted Sallam, a representative of Caliph al-wathiq Billah (Abbasid). Sallam see mountains separated by valleys. Valley area is around 150 meter square. The valley is closed iron door wall about 50 meters.