Aṭ-Ṭūr
Tor stands on the Gulf of Suez, on the western coast of southern Sinai. In antiquity the settlement was known as Raithu, and Christian monastic communities grew in its vicinity. Its harbor linked the peninsula with shipping in the Red Sea. In 1541 a Portuguese force led by the governor of India, Estêvão da Gama, attacked the Ottoman-held town while seeking information about the fleet at Suez.