ABU QIR BAY


Meaning of ABU QIR BAY in English

Inlet of the Mediterranean Sea, lying near the Rosetta mouth of the Nile along the coast of Egypt.

It was the scene of the Battle of the Nile (1798), in which an English fleet under Horatio Nelson defeated the French fleet of Napoleon I .

Britannica Concise Encyclopedia.      Краткая энциклопедия Британика.