Shabas ash-Shuhada (Arabic: شباس الشهداء, from Coptic: ϫⲁⲃⲁⲥⲉⲛ, ϫⲁⲡⲁⲥⲉⲛ, romanized: Jabasen, Japasen) is a city in Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate of Egypt.

Shabas ash-Shuhada
شباس الشهداء
ϫⲁⲃⲁⲥⲉⲛ, ϫⲁⲡⲁⲥⲉⲛ
Al-Malha mosque in Shabas
Al-Malha mosque in Shabas
Shabas ash-Shuhada is located in Egypt
Shabas ash-Shuhada
Shabas ash-Shuhada
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 31°5′26.44″N 30°44′51.05″E / 31.0906778°N 30.7475139°E / 31.0906778; 30.7475139
Country Egypt
GovernorateKafr el Sheikh
Population
 • Total32,191
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)

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

References

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