TANTA  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• LOWER

Lower See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, in a central position nearly midway between the two See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main branches of the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile, and converging-point of several See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways traversing the See also:

• DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

Delta in all directions . It has a See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population (1907) of 54,437, is the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Gharbia, and is noted for its fairs and Moslem festivals, which are held three times a See also:

• YEAR

year in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

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

fine See also:

• MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

mosque (restored), and a See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of the See also:

• KHEDIVE

khedive . Seyyid el-Bedawi, who lived in the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century A.D., was a native of See also:

• FEZ (Fes)

Fez who, after a See also:

• PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage to See also:

• MECCA (Arab. Makkah)

Mecca, settled in Tanta . He is one of the most popular See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

saints in Egypt .