Shabas ash-Shuhada explained

Shabas ash-Shuhada
Other Name:ϫⲁⲃⲁⲥⲉⲛ, ϫⲁⲡⲁⲥⲉⲛ
Native Name:Arabic: شباس الشهداء
Pushpin Map:Egypt
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Egypt
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Egypt
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Kafr el Sheikh
Population Total:32,191
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:+2
Coordinates:31.0907°N 30.7475°W

Shabas ash-Shuhada (from) is a city in Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate of Egypt.

In Ptolemaic and Byzantine Egypt it was known as Kabasa or Gabasson and was a center of the Kabassite nome, which after the Muslim conquest of Egypt was transformed into a kurah.[1] [2]

References

  1. Book: Timm, Stefan . Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit . 2218–2221.
  2. Book: Al-Maqrīzī . Book of Exhortations and Useful Lessons in Dealing with Topography and Historical Remains . Hans A. Stowasser . 287 . Stowasser . Karl.