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Mansura (other)
Mansoura or (al-)Mansura ( ar, منصورة; fa, منصوره) is a word meaning victorious. This general form summarizes all possible ways of writing the word in Latin script. It is a common name for different places in many countries. The largest city with that name is the Mansoura of Egypt which is the capital city of Dakahlia Governorate with a population of 960,423. Mansoura may also refer to: Algeria *Mansoura, Tlemcen, a village in Tlemcen Province, Algeria *Mansoura, Ghardaïa, a village in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria *Mansourah, Mostaganem * Mansourah District (Ghardaïa Province) * Mansourah District (Tlemcen Province) * Mansourah District (Bordj Bou Arréridj Province) Cyprus *Mansoura, Cyprus, an abandoned village in Cyprus Iran * Mansureh-ye Kanin * Mansureh-ye Mazi * Mansureh-ye Olya * Mansureh-ye Sadat Libya *Mansura, Libya, a town in Libya Morocco * Mansoura, Morocco, a town in Morocco Pakistan * Mansoorah, Lahore, a suburb of Lahore, headquarters of Jama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansoura, Egypt
Mansoura (' , rural: ) is a city in Egypt, with a population of 960,423. It is the capital of the Dakahlia Governorate. Etymology ''Mansoura'' in Arabic means "victorious". The city is named after the El Mansoura Battle against Louis IX of France during the Seventh Crusade. History Mansoura was established in 1219 by al-Kamil of the Ayyubid dynasty upon a Phatmetic branch of the Nile on a place of several older villages like Al-Bishtamir () and Kafr al-Badamas (, from , "river,canal"). After the Egyptians defeated the Crusaders during the Seventh Crusade, it was named ''Mansoura'' (aka. "The Victorious"). In the Seventh Crusade, the Capetians were defeated and put to flight; between fifteen and thirty thousand of their men fell on the battlefield. Louis IX of France was captured in the main Battle of Fariskur, and confined in the house of Ibrahim Ibn Lokman, secretary of the sultan, and under the guard of the eunuch Sobih. The king's brother was imprisoned in the same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Mansura, Acre
:''See Mansura (other) for other places with similar names.'' Al-Mansura ( ar, المنصورة), was a Palestinian village that was depopulated by the Israeli army during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. In 1945, it had a population of 2,300 together with the neighboring villages of Dayr al-Qassi (also depopulated) and Fassuta. The population was predominantly Christian and most its residents live in what is now the state of Israel. It was situated on the northern end of a mountain in the Upper Galilee whose summit was behind the village to the south. It was connected to the coastal Acre-Ras al-Naqoura highway via a secondary road. History The village was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517; in 1596 it appeared under the name of ''al-Mansura'' in the tax registers as part of the ''nahiya'' (subdistrict) of Jira in the ''Sanjak'' (district) of Safad. It had an all Muslim population, consisting of 17 households and 5 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 25 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El-Mansoura, Tunisia
El-Mansoura is a coastal region outside Kelibia city center. It is located in Nabeul Governorate, Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 = , capital = Tunis , largest_city = capital , .... References Populated places in Tunisia {{Tunisia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansoura Subdistrict, Raqqa
Al-Mansurah Subdistrict or Al-Mansurah Nahiyah ( ar, ناحية المنصورة) is a Syrian Nahiyah (Subdistrict) located in Al-Thawrah District in Raqqa, situated south-west of Raqqa and the Euphrates river. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Mansurah Subdistrict had a population of 58,727 in the 2004 census. Al-Mansurah Subdistrict is bounded by the Euphrates river and the small Al-Thawrah subdistrict to the north and Sabka subdistrict also of Raqqa Governorate to the west. The administrative centre Al-Mansurah and much of the north of the subdistrict are currently controlled by SDF and the Tabqa civilian council, following three years of control by ISIS Isis (; ''Ēse''; ; Meroitic language, Meroitic: ''Wos'' 'a''or ''Wusa''; Phoenician language, Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎, romanized: ʾs) was a major ancient Egyptian deities, goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughou ... and other rebel groups. While the south of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Mansoura, Rif Dimashq
Al-Mansoura (Arabic: المنصورة) is a Syrian village in the Al-Qutayfah District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate ( ar, محافظة ريف دمشق, ', literally, the "Governorate of the Countryside of Damascus", Damascus Suburb) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in the southwestern part of the .... According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Mansoura had a population of 878 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Mansurah, Raqqa Governorate
Al-Mansura ( ar, المنصورة) is a Syrian town located in Al-Thawrah District, Raqqa Raqqa ( ar, ٱلرَّقَّة, ar-Raqqah, also and ) (Kurdish: Reqa/ ڕەقە) is a city in Syria on the northeast bank of the Euphrates River, about east of Aleppo. It is located east of the Tabqa Dam, Syria's largest dam. The Hellenistic, Rom .... According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Mansura had a population of 16,158 in the 2004 census. References Populated places in Raqqa Governorate {{RaqqaSY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansura, Hama
Mansura ( ar, المنصورة, al-Manṣūrah), also spelt Mansoura, is a Syrian village located in Al-Ziyarah Nahiyah in Al-Suqaylabiyah District, Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), it had a population of 770 in the 2004 census. Syrian Civil War During the Syrian Civil War Mansura came under the control of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. The Syrian Arab Army " (''Guardians of the Homeland'') , colors = * Service uniform: Khaki, Olive * Combat uniform: Green, Black, Khaki , anniversaries = August 1st , equipment = , equipment_label = , battles = 1948 Arab–Israeli War Six ... began shelling the village on August 28, 2018 in preparation for their operation against the last remaining areas under rebel control. References Populated places in al-Suqaylabiyah District {{HamaSY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almanzora (other)
Almanzora is a city in the province of Almería, Andalusia, Spain. Almanzora may also refer to: Places in Almería, Andalusia, Spain * Almanzora (comarca) * Almanzora (river) * Almanzora Valley, in Almería Almería (, , ) is a city and municipality of Spain, located in Andalusia. It is the capital of the province of the same name. It lies on southeastern Iberia on the Mediterranean Sea. Caliph Abd al-Rahman III founded the city in 955. The city gr ... See also * Mansoura (other) * Mansouria (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Mansorah, Saudi-Arabia
Al-Mansorah (also spelled Al-Mansoora or Al-Mansoorah ) ( Arabic : المنصورة), is a town in eastern region of Saudi Arabia and one of eastern towns and villages in Al-Ahsa. It is considered as one of the fast-growing towns of the Eastern-Region towns and villages. Al-Mansorah is almost always associated with Al-Shaharyn village ( Arabic: قرية الشهارين). The people of this town are with a close vicinity in relationship with their peers in al-Mansourah village. History It was a long time ago when the grand-grand-grand fathers (almost a century has a conflict with the mayor of Al-Omran village (Arabic: قرية العمران). Then, a group of families, those who had the conflict, gathered and decided to move away to somewhere else. They moved till reached to a remote land wherein nobody was living there and, at least, away from that mayor. This land had been dubbed Al-Mansoorah ( Arabic : المنصورة) because they thought that they won/took a licking again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Mansura, Tiberias
Al-Mansura ( ar, المنصورة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 10, 1948. It was located 16 kilometres northwest of Tiberias. History Al-Mansura, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the census of 1596, the village was located in the ''nahiya'' of Tabariyya, part of Safad Sanjak. It had a population of 16 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, rice, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; the taxes totalled 530 akçe. In 1838, el-Mansura was noted as a Druse village in the ''Esh-Shagur'' district, located between Safad, Acca and Tiberias. In 1875 Victor Guérin found the village to have 200 Druse inhabitants. In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' described El Mansurah as "A stone-built village, situ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansurat Al-Khayt
:''See Mansura (other) for other sites with similar names.'' Mansurat al-Khayt was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on January 18, 1948. It was located 11.5 km east of Safed, 1 km west of the Jordan River. History Part of the name, ''al-Khayt'', came from the area named as ''ard al-khayt'', located southwest of the lake of Hula. Al-Dimashqi (d.1327) wrote about ''Al Khait'': "A district of the Upper Ghaur of the Jordan Valley. The country resembles that of Irak in the matter of its rice, its birds, its hot springs, and excellent crops." In the mid 18th century, The Syrian Sufi teacher and traveller al-Bakri al-Siddiqi (1688-1748/9) noted that he passed by ''al-Khayt'' with a judge from Safad. British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, ''Kerad al Khait'' had a population of 437 Muslims,Barron, 1923, Tab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |