El Maragha (, ) is a

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in the

Sohag Governorate Sohag () is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is located in the southern part of the country (Upper Egypt), and covers a stretch of the Nile Valley. Since 1960, its capital has been the city of Sohag. Prior to that, the capital was the city ...

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. It is located on the west bank of the

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Etymology

The name of the city is a corruption of . This claim is also supported by a Coptic translation of this toponym ().

History

El Maragha witnessed many historical events; the most prominent one is the battle of Barrod, in which a French

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was captured and its crew were killed on 3 March 1799.

Notable people

Mustafa al-Maraghi Muhammad Mustafa al-Maraghi (; 5 March 1881 – 22 August 1945) was an Egyptian reformer and Grand Imam of al-Azhar, rector of Al-Azhar from El Maragha, Sohag Governorate. Al-Maraghi was active in encouraging reforms within legal and social con ...

References

Populated places in Sohag Governorate {{egypt-geo-stub