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  Abu Qir: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
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ABU QIR or Abukir both: a booker, boo k r, village, N Egypt, on a promontory...Nile River delta.
The modern village of Abu Qir is near the ancient ruins.
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  Abu Qir - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The name Abu Qir is pronounced Abu’ir in the local dialect (with a glottal stop in place of the qaf).
Stretching eastward as far as the Rosetta mouth of the Nile is the spacious Abu Qir Bay (Khalij Abu Qir), where on 1 August 1798, Horatio Nelson fought the Battle of the Nile, often referred to as the "Battle of Aboukir Bay".
Near Abu Qir, on 8 March 1801, the British army commanded by Sir Ralph Abercromby landed from its transports in the face of a strenuous opposition from a French force entrenched on the beach.
www.encyclopedia-of-knowledge.com /default.asp?t=Abukir   (218 words)

  
 Abu Dhabi - ninemsn Encarta
Abu Dhabi, also Abu Zaby, city in north central United Arab Emirates, capital of the federation, and capital of the emirate of Abu Dhabi, a port on the island of Abu Dhabi in the Persian Gulf.
The settlement was founded in the 1760s and in 1795 became the seat of the rulers of the emirate of Abu Dhabi.
The emirate of Abu Dhabi is the largest and wealthiest of the United Arab Emirates.
au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761555379/Abu_Dhabi.html   (190 words)

  
 Abu Qir, Egypt. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
Abu Qir is garbage-strewn and ugly, and the raw sewage flowing down its beach should deter anyone from bathing; the only things going for it are itinerant vendors peddling everything from dolls to candelabras, and its seafood restaurants.
Admiral Nelson's defeat of the French fleet at Abu Qir Bay (1798) effectively scuppered Napoleon's dream of an eastern empire and went down in British history as the Battle of the Nile, inspiring Mrs Hemans to write, "The boy stood on the burning deck …".
Buried by sediment for centuries in Abu Qir Bay, its identity was confirmed by a stele inscribed with the city's name, erected by Nectanebo I, and the pink-granite naos believed to belong to the temple of Heracles-Khonsu seen by Herodotus when he visited Herakleion in the fifth century BC.
www.hostelbookers.com /guides/egypt/abu_qir   (448 words)

  
 Mille e una notte. Storia di Abu Qir e Abu Sir.
Abu Sir si procurò tutto l'occorrente per dormire e per cucinare, poi andò a fare la spesa e preparò il pranzo; Abu Qir, invece, non appena mise piede nella stanza del caravanserraglio, si buttò giù a dormire e si svegliò solo quando Abu Sir gli pose, davanti il piatto con il mangiare.
Abu Qir se ne andò difilato al bazar dove si comprò degli abiti costosi, poi si mise a passeggiare per le strade e si divertì a guardare la città e constatò che non aveva eguali fra le altre città.
Abu Sir, invece, dopo che il suo compagno lo ebbe chiuso nella stanza rubandogli il denaro, rimase gravemente ammalato e senza conoscenza per tre giorni, passati i quali il portinaio del caravanserraglio vide per caso la porta chiusa con il catenaccio e si ricordò di non aver più visto né sentito i due amici.
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 Abu Qir - Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Abu Qir or Abukir, village, N Egypt, on a promontory in the Nile River delta.
Krupp Uhde, Snamprogetti bid for AN plant in Egypt.
Abu Qir IV to be urea not AN.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-AbuQir.html   (242 words)

  
 SMART: sustainable management of scarce resources in the coastal zone
Abu Qir region of the Mediterranean coast of Egypt includes Abu Qir Bay, Rosetta branch of the River Nile, Lake Edku and a number of historic cities and fertile agricultural land of the Nile Delta.
This presents a simple pattern of erosion from the tip of the promontory near the mouth of the river, with eroded sand moving alongshore as it is transported by longshore currents to the southwest along the shoreline of Abu Qir Bay and to the east along the eastern flank of the promontory.
As shown in the previous map, the study area of Abu Qir Bay is bounded from the north with the Abu Qir Bay (Mediterranean Sea), the “Mahmoudeya” Canal from the south, a cut-off of the urban fabric of Alexandria city from the west, and a narrow zone past the River Nile from the east.
www.ess.co.at /SMART/CASES/EG/AbuKir.html   (10089 words)

  
 Imam al-Baqir's Companions and the Narrators of His Traditions || Imam Reza (A.S.) Network
Abu` Ja'far al-Tu`si numbered him as one of the men of Ima`m Abu` Ja'far al-Ba`qir, peace be on him.Ibra`him was an unknown Ima`mi (Shi'ite).
Ima`m Abu` 'Abd Allah (al-Sa`diq), peace be on him, said to him: "You are a balance!" So, Ibra`him said to him: "May I be a ransom for you, perhaps, the balance has a pan." He said: "You are a balance without a pan.
He was among the companions of Ima`m Abu` Ja'far al-Ba`qir, peace be on him, and was among the companions of Ima`m al-Sa`diq, peace be on him.
www.imamreza.net /eng/imamreza.php?id=341   (8568 words)

  
 42   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
He reported on the authority of Ima`m Abu` Ja'far (al-Ba`qir), peace be on him, and Ima`m al-Sa`diq, peace be on him, as al-Kashi stated.
He was given the kunya of Abu` Sa'id. He reported on the authority of Abu` Ja'far (al-Ba`qir), and Abu` 'Abd Allah (al-Sa`diq), peace be on them.
He reported on the authority of Ima`m Abu` Ja'far (al-Ba`qir), peace be on him, and of Ima`m Abu` 'Abd Allah (al-Sa`diq), peace be on him.
www.rafed.net /english/books/imam-baqir/42.html   (992 words)

  
 43   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
He reported on the authority of Ima`m Abu` Ja'far (al-Ba`qir), of Ima`m Abu` 'Abd Allah (al-Sa`diq), and of Abu` al-Hasan al-Awual, peace be on them.
He reported on the authority of Ima`m Abu` Ja'far (al-Ba`qir), of Ima`m Abu` 'Abd Allah (al-Sa`diq), and of Ima`m Abu` al-Hasan, peace be on them.
Abu` 'Abd Allah (al-Sa`diq), peace be on him, was sitting.
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Location: The port of Abu Qir is situated close E of Alexandria.
Names/Nos: Abu Qir Gas Fields: A complex of lighted platforms, submarine gas pipelines and wellheads form 3 gas fields, which occupy the central area of Khalig Abu Qir.
Abu Qir Fertilisers and Chemical Industries Company operate a berth for the export of ammonia, 3.25nm SE of Geziret Disuqi.
www.gacegypt.com /ports/abuqir.htm   (705 words)

  
 Abu Simbel definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
Abu Simbel definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
A·bu Sim·bel ancient Egyptian temples: site of two carved rock temples in southern Egypt, built in the reign of Rameses II in the 13th century bc.
They were moved to higher ground in the 1960s to avoid possible damage from the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
encarta.msn.com /dictionary_1861583145/Abu_Simbel.html   (102 words)

  
 EGYPT - Abu Qir/Naf Fields. | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting > Support Activities for Agriculture and ...
Abu Qir block is held by the oil producing Western Desert Petroleum Co. (WEPCO), a JV of EGPC and Repsol (which in 1998 got Phillips' equity and became operator.
Abu Qir was the first gas field to be discovered in Egypt in 1965.
West Abu Qir (N-E of Alexandria) was found in 1989 and North Abu Qir was found in 1990.
www.allbusiness.com /periodicals/article/405656-1.html   (432 words)

  
 Search Results for "Abu-l-'atahiya"
...Egypt in the Nile River delta on the Bay of Abu Qir.
Horatio Nelson's victory over a French fleet off Abu Qir in 1798 restored British prestige in the Mediterranean...
Raised to the caliphate by the armed might of Abu Muslim, he took the reign name as-Saffah [shedder of blood].
www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Abu-l-'atahiya   (256 words)

  
 Abu Qir: Leveraging the Food Chain | HC Securities & Investment
Abu Qir increased the production capacity of ammonia by 7% at its second plant, Abu Qir II, which brought total capacity to 3,531 tons/day in September 2006.
Abu Qir is adding mixed nitrous, phosphorous, potassium (NPK) fertilizer and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) to its list of products.
Abu Qir owns a 17% stake in Helwan Fertilizers and a 6.6% stake in AlexFert.
www.hc-si.com /marketbeat/reports/240   (271 words)

  
 Al-Ahram Weekly | Home News | Sinking with the ship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Since many families are completely dependent on the Abu Qir grounds for their livelihood, many ignored the ban.
This is especially true of the fishermen themselves, who are generally among the poorest of Abu Qir's residents.
From June to August, holiday-makers flock to Alexandria and Abu Qir fish is in high demand.
weekly.ahram.org.eg /2000/482/eg9.htm   (974 words)

  
 EgyptSites - Abu Qir
The modern village of Abu Qir is situated on the western point of Abu Qir Bay, on the Mediterranean coast 19km east of Alexandria.
For many centuries we have known of the existence of Canopus and Herakleion and the Abu Qir area has been visited by many travellers since the 18th century, who would follow the shoreline in the hope of finding evidence of the ruined cities.
Submerged cities have long captured the imaginations of travellers everywhere and Canopus is no exception, but until recently we have had no documented evidence of what catastrophic disaster could have happened to cause the sudden and total disappearance of these cities, probably around the 8th century AD.
www.egyptsites.co.uk /lower/delta/western/abuqir.html   (590 words)

  
 Shell in the Middle East | Features - April 2006
Shell's Abu Qir Supply Base was set up in 2003 to provide logistic support for Shell Egypt's first and second NEMED [North East Mediterranean Deepwater] concession offshore drilling campaigns," explains Taher Badry, Manager of Shell Egypt's Abu Qir Supply Base.
From this an initiative was developed, led by Shell and including three other international oil companies using the Abu Qir Naval Base, to finance the construction of a road to bypass the souk area.
In addition there are administration offices, a drilling mud plant with storage for 8,500 barrels of a variety of different muds, a laboratory for testing mud quality, a medical facility and a dry bulk plant for cement, barite and bentonite.
www.shell-me.com /english/apr06/features5.htm   (1485 words)

  
 Trips and tourism in Abu Qir (Egypt)
A little farther east the Canopic branch of the Nile (now dry) entered the Mediterranean.
Stretching eastward as far as the Rosetta mouth of the Nile is the spacious Abu Qir Bay (Khalīj Abū Qīr), where on 1 August 1798, Horatio Nelson fought the Battle of the Nile, often referred to as the "Battle of Aboukir Bay".
The latter title is applied more properly to an engagement between the French expeditionary army and the Turks fought on 25 July 1799.
www.tripstw.com /city/Abu_Qir-145195.htm   (205 words)

  
 SMART: sustainable management of scarce resources in the coastal zone
Abu Kir bay is considered one of the most important natural habitats for marine organisms in the region, in addition to the historic and cultural nature of the region.
Of particular interest, is the eastern side of Alexandria, which includes Abu kir city and is linked to other eastern governorates through a recently established international road that runs along the coast of the delta.
Abu Kir is located in a highly promising site overlooking the western side of historic Abu Kir Bay.
www.ess.co.at /SMART/CASES/EG/egypt.html   (833 words)

  
 Al-Ahram Weekly | Travel | Sunken treasures, sunken myths   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
When the discovery of the two ancient cities of Heracleion and East Canopus under the waters of the Bay of Abu Qir was announced in the summer of 2000, attention was stirred worldwide.
When the Arab armies came to Egypt in the middle of the 7th century, the Canopic was a small canal which did not reach Abu Qir bay.
I am certain that the wealth of data gathered by the submarine archaeological expedition during its many seasons in Abu Qir will provide ample material for the unravelling of the real reasons for the submergence of the two port cities.
weekly.ahram.org.eg /2001/553/tr1.htm   (1508 words)

  
 Alstom - Welcome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Abu Qir thermal power plant in Egypt: sunset
Abu Qir Thermal Power Plant is equipped with five steam turbine generators of a total output of 900 MW.
The contract for units 1-4 was signed in 1979 introducing the 150 MW units into the Egyptian electricity market.
www.eg.alstom.com /abuqir.htm   (104 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Abu Qir (Egyptian History) - Encyclopedia
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Abu Qir or Abukir[both: a´´bOOkEr´, ubOO´kur] Pronunciation Key, village, N Egypt, on a promontory in the Nile River delta.
More articles from AllRefer Reference on Abu Qir
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 Modelling of Transport Processes in Abu Qir Bay, Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) model is used in conjunction with available observations to determine the fate and transport of contaminants and nutrients in Abu Qir Bay area.
The present work is done in the framework of the LAND3 Project " Protection of the Coastal Marine Environment in the South Mediterranean Sea: SubProject 5: Effect of the water circulation on pollutants transport along the Egyptian Mediterranean Coast", In Erice (Italy), founded by the ICSC World Laboratory.
The Abu Qir bay is excellently suited for the purposes of this study because the circulation in this area is a complicated function of winds, river, ElTabia pumping Station (TPS) and lake inflows, and because its environmental problems caused by the introduction of wastes over many years.
www.imbc.gr /imbc/biblio_serv/medcst/X0185_138.html   (255 words)

  
 Human impact on Alexandria's marine environment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Modern Alexandria stretches over a narrow and irregular strip of land between the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Lake Mariout (a major coastal lagoon) to the south and Abu Qir Bay to the east.
New harbours were created east and west of Alexandria, in Abu Qir and Mex Bays, to release the pressure on the main commercial harbour.
Breakwaters were built in the vicinity of large effluents, thus preventing the free exchange of inshore waters with the open sea.
www.unesco.org /csi/pub/source/alex8.htm   (1403 words)

  
 Alexandria Railways - Sidi Gaber - Abu Qui Trains 1999   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Abu Qir commuter train waiting at Sidi Gaber, Alexandria.
Abu Qui Commuter train loading at Sidi Gaber, Alexandria.
Cab unit leading train from Abu Qir into Sidi Gaber station, Alexandria.
www.geocities.com /alextracks/sidigaber.html   (86 words)

  
 abu - OneLook Dictionary Search
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 Egypt Abu Qir Fertilizers Posts 3Q Net Pft Of EGP153.49M - Middle East News
Egypt Abu Qir Fertilizers Posts 3Q Net Pft Of EGP153.49M - Middle East News
Egypt Abu Qir Fertilizers Posts 3Q Net Pft Of EGP153.49M
BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Egypt's Abu Qir Fertilizers Co. Abu Qir Fertilizers Co.
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