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Tanta · Alexandria

Place

Tanta

Also known as

Ptkheka
Tanda
Tanda
Tantah
Tanto
Tantā

Image illustrating Tanta — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Tantasee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

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birthplace ofHani Azer1949 CE
birthplace ofKhaled Kamar1988 CE
birthplace ofMohamed Bayoumi1894 CE
birthplace ofMohamed Hilal1937 CE
birthplace ofMohammad Ibrahim1983 CE
place of death ofMostafa Saadeq Al-Rafe'ie1880 CE

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