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TANTA

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 400 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TANTA , a See also:

town of See also:Lower See also:Egypt, in a central position nearly midway between the two See also:main branches of the See also:Nile, and converging-point of several See also:railways traversing the See also:Delta in all directions. It has a See also:population (1907) of 54,437, is the See also:capital of the See also:rich See also:province of Gharbia, and is noted for its fairs and Moslem festivals, which are held three times a See also:year in See also:honour of Seyyid el-Bedawi, and are sometimes attended by 200,000 pilgrims and traders. There are a large railway station, a very See also:fine See also:mosque (restored), and a See also:palace of the See also:khedive. Seyyid el-Bedawi, who lived in the 13th See also:century A.D., was a native of See also:Fez who, after a See also:pilgrimage to See also:Mecca, settled in Tanta. He is one of the most popular See also:saints in Egypt.

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