Tanta

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Tanta, Arabic طنطا, DMG Tanta, is a city in the Nile delta in Egypt.

Tanta is the capital of the government of al - Gharbiyya, has about 445,000 inhabitants, is a major railway hub and is home to one of the major Egyptian universities. The mausoleum of the mystic Ahmad al - Badawi (around 1200-1276 ), founder of the Tariqa Badawiyyah, the largest Sufi order in Egypt, located in Tanta.

Since antiquities are hard to find in the alluvium of the delta, the sights restricted to the Islamic period. From this the Grand Mosque and the tomb of the most famous Egyptian called Saint dates in the city center. The monumental dome ( qubba ) with slender minarets was given its present form in the 19th century. The cenotaph of the saint (Arabic tabut ) is covered with a red cloth ( kiswa ) and secured by a bronze grating ( maqsura ). The grave is the aim of the largest annual pilgrimage ( mausim, mawlid ) of Egypt, when arriving up to three million pilgrims.

In Tanta, there is an SOS Children's Village.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Sayed Nosseir (1905-1977), world-class weight lifter
  • Atif Muhammad Naguib Sidqi (1930-2005), Egyptian politician and Prime Minister
  • Atif Abaid ( born 1932 ), former Prime Minister ( 1999-2004)
  • Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd (1943-2010), a liberal theologian
  • Tahani al - Gebali ( born 1950 ), Vice-President of the Egyptian Constitutional Court
  • Bassem Amin (* 1988), chess grandmaster
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