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mosque of Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Mursī The mosque of Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Mursī, Alexandria, Egypt.

Alexandria

Egypt
Also known as: Al-Iskandariyyah
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Michael J. Reimer
Associate Professor of Middle East history, The American University in Cairo, Egypt. Author of Colonial Bridgehead: Government and Society in Alexandria, 1807–1882.
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Alexandria, major city and urban muḥāfaẓah (governorate) in Egypt. Once among the greatest cities of the Mediterranean world and a centre of Hellenic scholarship and science, Alexandria was the capital of Egypt from its founding by Alexander the Great in 332 bce until its surrender to the Arab forces led by ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ in 642 ce. One of Egypt’s largest cities, Alexandria is also its principal seaport and a major industrial centre. The city...

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