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Al Hamed
Village in Beheira, Egypt
Al Ḩammād al Gharbī (Arabic: الحماد الغربي) also known as Al Hamed is a town in Beheira Governorate in Egypt near Rosetta.
On 21 April 1807, forces loyal to Muhammad Ali defeated a small British force here during the Alexandria expedition of 1807.
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