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Dec 5, 2009
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Zem

The sacred well of Mecca. According to Arab tradition, this is the very well that was shown to Hagar when Ishmael was perishing of thirst. Mecca is built round it.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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