Beni Mur

Beni Mur
بني مر
Bani Murr
Beni Mur
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 27°13′25″N 31°11′35″E / 27.22361°N 31.19306°E / 27.22361; 31.19306
Country  Egypt
Governorate Asyut Governorate
Time zone UTC+2 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) +3

Beni Mur (Arabic: بني مر‎, also spelled Bani Murr) is an Egyptian town in Upper Egypt located 8 kilometers north of the city of Asyut.

According to local tradition, the town is named after Mur the grandfather of the tribe of Al Murrah, which hailed from the Hejaz region in the western Arabian Peninsula and settled in various areas of Egypt, including Beni Mur, sometime during the Muslim conquest of the area.[1][2]

The former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser's paternal family originate from there and his father was born in 1888 in Beni Mur.[3]

The first primary school in the town was opened in 1900, consisting of a single room.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Aburish, 2004, p.12.
  2. ↑ Stephens, 1972, p. 22.
  3. ↑ "President Gamal Abdel Nasser, Biography". nasser.
  4. ↑ Joesten, 1974, p. 14.

Bibliography

  • Aburish, Said K. (2004), Nasser, the Last Arab, New York City: St. Martin's Press, ISBN 978-0-312-28683-5
  • Joesten, Joachim (1974), Nasser: The Rise to Power, Long Acre, London: Odhams Press Limited, OCLC 317256563
  • Meinardus, Otto Friedrich (2002), Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity, Cairo: American Univ in Cairo Press, ISBN 977-424-757-4
  • Stephens, Robert Henry (1972), Nasser: A Political Biography, New York: Simon & Schuster, ISBN 978-0-671-21224-7

Coordinates: 27°13′38″N 31°11′40″E / 27.22722°N 31.19444°E / 27.22722; 31.19444


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