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About Bilbeis
Bilbeis (Arabic: بلبيس pronounced [belˈbeːs]; Bohairic Coptic: Ⲫⲉⲗⲃⲉⲥ/Ⲫⲉⲗⲃⲏⲥ Phelbes/Phelbēs) is an ancient fortress city on the eastern edge of the southern Nile Delta in Egypt, the site of the ancient city and former bishopric of Phelbes and a Latin Catholic titular see. It is located 20 km from the city of 10th of Ramadan and roughly 50 km from the city of Cairo.
From the Wikipedia article Bilbeis (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
The city was important enough in the Roman province of Augustamnica Secunda to become a bishopric.
Situated on a caravan and natural invasion route from the east, Bilbeis was conquered in 640 by the Arabs. Amr ibn al-As besieged and took the city defended by a Byzantine general called al-Ardubun. According to a Muslim legend, Armanusa, the daughter of Muqawqis lived in Bilbeis. In 727 some of the Qays tribe were resettled here and later chain of fortresses was built to protect Cairo.
The city played a role in the machinations for control of the Fatimid vizierate: first in 1164, when Shirkuh was besieged in the city by the combined forces of Shawar and crusader Amalric, King of Jerusalem for three months; then again in 1168 when the city was assaulted again by Amalric's army, who took the city after three days on 4 November and indiscriminately killed the inhabitants. (See Crusader invasion of Egypt.)
Benjamin of Tudela reported that Bilbeis had 200 Jews in 1170.
In 1798, its fortifications were rebuilt at the order of Napoleon.
From the History section of Bilbeis on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Cairo International Airport (CAI) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 37 km away.
- Zagazig 19 km north, about 19 min by car
- Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān 22 km southeast, about 22 min by car
- Al-'Ubūr 23 km south, about 23 min by car
- Badr 35 km southeast, about 35 min by car
- Quwaysinā 42 km northwest, about 42 min by car
- Shubrā al Khaymah 44 km southwest, about 44 min by car
- New Cairo 44 km south, about 44 min by car
- Cairo 50 km southwest, about 50 min by car
- Giza 57 km southwest, about 57 min by car
- Tanta 67 km northwest, about 1 h by car
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- Belbeis (2), The original uploader was Alfaris88 at Arabic Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 2.5
- Bilbeis 2023 bridge, Dulquin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bold Nature, Zhaloi, CC BY-SA 4.0
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