Kassassin

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Kassassin (Arabic: كصاصين) is a village of Lower Egypt 22 miles by rail, west of Ismailia on the Suez Canal. At this place, on 28 August and again on 9 September 1882 the British force operating against Arabi Pasha was attacked by the Egyptians. Both attacks were subsequently repulsed.

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Coordinates: 30°34′N 31°56′E

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