El Salheya

Coordinates: 30°44′48″N 32°00′16″E / 30.746557°N 32.00449°E / 30.746557; 32.00449
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El Salheya
الصالحية
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El Salheya (

Egyptian Arabic: الصالحية) is a city in the Sharqia Governorate, Egypt
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History

On his way back to Cairo after the Battle of Ain Jalut, Sultan of Egypt Qutuz was assassinated in El Salheya.[1] The region also witnessed the Battle of Salheyeh on 10 August 1798, during the French campaign in Egypt and Syria.

References

  1. ^ "Shayyal, p.126/vol.2"