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Encyclopedia > Bilbeis

Bilbeis (Coptic Phelbs) is an ancient fortress city on the eastern edge of the southern Nile delta in Egypt.


In 1163, the city was besieged by crusader armies and in 1798 its fortifications were rebuilt at the order of Napoleon.




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BILBEIS, or BELBES - Online Information article about BILBEIS, or BELBES (328 words)
Bilbeis was by the Moslems defended with strong fortifications.
Bilbeis was the first halting-place of the See also:
Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat.
Bilbeis - LoveToKnow 1911 (157 words)
BILBEIS, or Belbes, a town of lower Egypt, on the eastern arm of the Nile, 36 m.
Considered the bulwark of the kingdom on that side, Bilbeis was by the Moslems defended with strong fortifications.
Bilbeis was the first halting-place of the English cavalry in their march on Cairo after the fight at Tel-el-Kebir on the 13th of September 1882.
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