El Rahmaniya
El Rahmaniya
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El Rahmaniya (
.History
The old name of the city is Mahallet Abd al-Rahman (
Arabic: محلة عبد الرحمن).[2]
After the arrival of the French campaign to the west of Alexandria on July 2, 1798 AD, they marched into the city and occupied it on that day. After that, Napoleon took a march on Cairo through Damanhur, where he was able to occupy the city of Rosetta on 6 July and reached Rahmaniya, a village on the Nile. In the meantime, the Mamluks were preparing an army to confront the French armies, led by Murad Bey.[3]
However, the Mamluk army was defeated and was forced to retreat.
Napoleon Bonaparte
defeated Murad Bey’s army again in this decisive battle on July 21, 1798.
Notable people
References
- ^ "عدد السكان التقديري" (PDF). Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "قائمة قرى محافظة البحيرة". areq.net. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
- ISBN 0415239842.
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