Al-Burullus

Burullus lies beside a shallow lagoon on the Mediterranean edge of the Nile Delta. A narrow strip of land separates much of the lake from the sea, while its waters have supported fishing since antiquity. In the Islamic period Burullus also served as a naval base between Alexandria and Damietta. Medieval writers valued its fisheries highly; by the late fourteenth century the annual catch was reckoned among the most valuable in Egypt.