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    Bilbeis (Arabic: بلبيس pronounced [belˈbeːs]; Bohairic Coptic: Ⲫⲉⲗⲃⲉⲥ/Ⲫⲉⲗⲃⲏⲥ Phelbes/Phelbēs) is an ancient fortress city on the eastern edge of the southern...
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    to meet Amalric at Pelusium, but was defeated and forced to retreat to Bilbeis. The Egyptians then opened up the Nile dams and let the river flood, hoping...
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    Shuhada Sharqia Governorate Zagazig, 10th of Ramadan (city), Minya El Qamh, Bilbeis, Mashtool El Souk, Al-Qinayat, Abu Hammad, El Qurein, Hihya, Abu Kebir...
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    to meet Amalric at Pelusium, but was defeated and forced to retreat to Bilbeis. The Egyptians then opened up the Nile dams and let the river flood, hoping...
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    Inab Aintab 2nd Ascalon Lake Huleh Butaiha al-Buqaia Harim 1st Bilbeis al-Babein 2nd Bilbeis 1st Damietta Ayla Alexandria Montgisard Hama Banias Marj Ayyun...
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    al-Adid, allied with Amalric I, attacking Shirkuh at the second Siege of Bilbeis beginning in August 1164, following Amalric's unsuccessful first siege...
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    Inab Aintab 2nd Ascalon Lake Huleh Butaiha al-Buqaia Harim 1st Bilbeis al-Babein 2nd Bilbeis 1st Damietta Ayla Alexandria Montgisard Hama Banias Marj Ayyun...
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    Inab Aintab 2nd Ascalon Lake Huleh Butaiha al-Buqaia Harim 1st Bilbeis al-Babein 2nd Bilbeis 1st Damietta Ayla Alexandria Montgisard Hama Banias Marj Ayyun...
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    from the Byzantines). The Caliph fell ill at the beginning of the trip at Bilbeis and lay in sickbed for several days. He suffered from "stone with pains...
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  • Baltim Banha Basyoun Biyala Belqas Beni Mazar Beni Suef Beni Ebeid Biba Bilbeis Birket El Sab Borg El Arab Borg El Burullus Bush Cairo Dahab Dairut Damanhur...
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    Qus (pop. 25,000), Damietta (pop. 18,000), Fayyum (pop. 13,000), and Bilbeis (pop. 10,000). Numerous smaller cities dotted the Nile River. Among the...
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    Amalric invaded, but was turned back when the Egyptians flooded the Nile at Bilbeis. The Egyptian vizier Shawar again requested help from Nur ad-Din, who sent...
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    expelled Shirkuh and allied with Amalric, who arrived to besiege Shirkuh at Bilbeis. Shirkuh agreed to abandon Egypt when Amalric was forced to return home...
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    Shuhada Sharqia Governorate Zagazig, 10th of Ramadan (city), Minya El Qamh, Bilbeis, Mashtool El Souk, Al-Qinayat, Abu Hammad, El Qurein, Hihya, Abu Kebir...
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    Christian Amalric of Jerusalem's siege of the southeastern Nile Delta town of Bilbeis. He sent five letters to the Jewish communities of Lower Egypt asking them...
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    Academy) 3sq – Bilbeis (Grob 115EG) 5sq – Bilbeis (Grob 115EG) 201 Air Brigade (Air Force Academy) 28sq – Bilbeis/Inshas (K-8E) 29sq – Bilbeis/Inshas (K-8E)...
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    offensives against Cairo: from Syria, across the desert of El Salheya-Bilbeis-Al Khankah, and from Rhodes by sea landing in the Aboukir area or the port...
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    desert highway, 46 km (29 mi) from Cairo and 20 km (12 mi) from the city of Bilbeis. The Köppen climate classification system classifies its climate as hot...
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    Inab Aintab 2nd Ascalon Lake Huleh Butaiha al-Buqaia Harim 1st Bilbeis al-Babein 2nd Bilbeis 1st Damietta Ayla Alexandria Montgisard Hama Banias Marj Ayyun...
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    Inab Aintab 2nd Ascalon Lake Huleh Butaiha al-Buqaia Harim 1st Bilbeis al-Babein 2nd Bilbeis 1st Damietta Ayla Alexandria Montgisard Hama Banias Marj Ayyun...
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    Inab Aintab 2nd Ascalon Lake Huleh Butaiha al-Buqaia Harim 1st Bilbeis al-Babein 2nd Bilbeis 1st Damietta Ayla Alexandria Montgisard Hama Banias Marj Ayyun...
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    Shuhada Sharqia Governorate Zagazig, 10th of Ramadan (city), Minya El Qamh, Bilbeis, Mashtool El Souk, Al-Qinayat, Abu Hammad, El Qurein, Hihya, Abu Kebir...
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    Shuhada Sharqia Governorate Zagazig, 10th of Ramadan (city), Minya El Qamh, Bilbeis, Mashtool El Souk, Al-Qinayat, Abu Hammad, El Qurein, Hihya, Abu Kebir...
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    Inab Aintab 2nd Ascalon Lake Huleh Butaiha al-Buqaia Harim 1st Bilbeis al-Babein 2nd Bilbeis 1st Damietta Ayla Alexandria Montgisard Hama Banias Marj Ayyun...
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    Inab Aintab 2nd Ascalon Lake Huleh Butaiha al-Buqaia Harim 1st Bilbeis al-Babein 2nd Bilbeis 1st Damietta Ayla Alexandria Montgisard Hama Banias Marj Ayyun...
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    the northern part of the country, its capital is the city of Zagazig. Bilbeis is the former capital of Sharqia. A section of the governorate once was...
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    Inab Aintab 2nd Ascalon Lake Huleh Butaiha al-Buqaia Harim 1st Bilbeis al-Babein 2nd Bilbeis 1st Damietta Ayla Alexandria Montgisard Hama Banias Marj Ayyun...
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    (m) Beni Ebeid (m) Beni Mazar (m) Beni Suef (k) Beni Suef (m) Biba (m) Bilbeis (m) Bilqas (m) Bir El Abd (k) Birket El Sab (m) Biyala (m) Borg El Arab...
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  • Thumbnail for Battle of Civetot
    Inab Aintab 2nd Ascalon Lake Huleh Butaiha al-Buqaia Harim 1st Bilbeis al-Babein 2nd Bilbeis 1st Damietta Ayla Alexandria Montgisard Hama Banias Marj Ayyun...
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    project. Magdi Habib Yacoub was born on the 16th of November in 1935 in Bilbeis, El Sharqia, Egypt to a Coptic Christian family, and spent his childhood...
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