Zida

Meccah, he escaped to Zida or Gida (Jeddah), “despite the trumpetter of the caravana giving warning to all the Mamalukes to make readie their horses, to direct their journey toward Syria, with proclamation of death to all that should refuse so to doe,” and embarked for Persia upon the Red Sea.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

From hence we went forwarde on our journey toward Zida, and came thyther in the silence of the nyght.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

[1398] The ideas 'true, fixed, established, eternal' are all expressed by the element _Zida_.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

Babylon, E-Zida at Borsippa are used to denote the entire sacred precinct in these cities, and not merely the chief structure.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

Passing by such sanctuaries as E-shid-lam, sacred to Nergal at Cuthah, and coming to E-Sagila and E-Zida, the two great temples of Babylon and

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

While the history of E-Sagila and E-Zida cannot be traced back further than the reign of Hammurabi, the temples themselves are considerably older.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

Borsippa, the inscriptions, chiefly those of Nebuchadnezzar, come to our aid in showing us the arrangement of the various chapels that were comprised within the sacred precincts of E-Sagila and E-Zida, respectively.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

Nin-girsu at Lagash; E-gubba-an-ki, 'the point of heaven and earth,' one of the names of the zikkurat in Dilbat; E-dim-anna, 'the house of heavenly construction,' the chapel to Sin within the precinct of E-Zida at Borsippa, -- a name that again conveys the notion of an edifice reaching up to heaven.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

Indeed, when Nebuchadnezzar speaks of three temples to Gula being erected in Borsippa, [1382] it is certain that they could not have been within the precinct of E-Zida, and so the temples to Shamash and Ramman,

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

The influence of E-Sagila and E-Zida was not affected by such a shifting of the political kaleidoscope.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891