Saqultah

Saqultah is a small Upper Egyptian city near Akhmim.
It is located on the east bank of the Nile, in the Sohag Governorate.

Etymology

Saqultah is one of the oldest villages in Egypt, originally named Saqiyat Qultah, or Saqiyas of Kollouthos.
The city has been named in:

the Laws of Court by the 6th century Egyptian writer Al-Asaad bin Mamati
the Tuhfat al-Irshad as El Quseyya
the Mu’jam al-Buldan : "Qulta is a good village, known as Saqiya Qalta in Upper Egypt, east of the Nile, near Akhmim."
the works of Al-Suyuti, quoting the Akhmimiya.
The name was changed from Saqiyat Qultah to Saqultah by fusing the first half of the first word with the second half of the second word, so it became "Saqlath", as mentioned in old calendar books from 1231 AH.
the 1877 tables of the Ministry of Finance mention it as “Saqlath and the Arabs”.