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Bilbays (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 30 25 13 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 30.4204 decimal degrees |
| Long: 031 33 44 E degrees minutes |
Long: 31.5622 decimal degrees |
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Note: Conquered by Arabs (640), who resettled some of Qays tribe there in 727 & later built chain of fortresses to protect Cairo; occupied by Frankish Crusaders 1163; Ottoman army passed through on way to Cairo 1517; has textile manufuacturing & military base. |
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| Bilbays (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Bilbeis (C,V)
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| Bilbīs (C,V)
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| Belbeis (C,V)
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| Bilbês (NA,V)
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| بلبيس (NA,V,Arabic,U)
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Bilbays (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by Arabs in 8th cen. |
| town (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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