El Salheya (Egyptian Arabic: الصالحية) is a city in the Sharqia Governorate, Egypt.

El Salheya الصالحية
El Salheya Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 30.746557°N 32.00449°E / 30.746557; 32.00449
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Sharqia
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)

History

On his way back to Cairo after the Battle of Ain Jalut, Sultan of Egypt Qutuz was assassinated in El Salheya.[1] The region also witnessed the Battle of Salheyeh on 10 August 1798, during the French campaign in Egypt and Syria.

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