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Al Ḩammād al Gharbī
الحماد الغربي Al Hamed | |
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Village | |
  Al Ḩammād al Gharbī Location within Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 31°20′02″N 30°26′35″E / 31.33389°N 30.44306°E | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate |  Beheira |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al Ḩammād al Gharbī (Arabic: الحماد الغربي) also known as Al Hamed is a town in Beheira Governorate in Egypt near Rosetta.
On 21 April 1807, forces loyal to Muhammad Ali defeated a small British force here during the Alexandria expedition of 1807.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ p.7, Hassan, Fernea
References
[edit]- Hassan, Hassan & Fernea, Robert, In the House of Muhammad Ali: A Family Album, 1805-1952, American University in Cairo Press, 2000
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