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What is a shaduf?

What is a shaduf? Here are some definitions.

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  1. Alternative spelling of shadoof
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He uses a donkey pump, also known as an Egyptian Shaduf, which is simply a hand pump that uses an old tractor tire to pump the water.
There was also the shaduf, in use in several areas along the Saharan fringe, which used the lever principle as a device for drawing water.
It is believed that the zajarah is somewhat similar to shaduf, one of the oldest known tools used to raise water from a well, river or lake.
Initially, this irrigation relied probably on a combination of artesian springs and shaduf wells, a water lifting technology that was likely obtained from Egypt.
There is hardly a shaduf to be seen and very little cultivation, it is either desert or stony hills on each side.

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