Kassassin

Kassassin
Kassassin Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 30°34′N 31°56′E / 30.567°N 31.933°E
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Al Isma'iliyah Governorate
Time zone	EST (UTC+2)

Kassassin (Arabic: القصاصين‎) is a village of Lower Egypt 22 miles (35 km) 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 Urabi Pasha was attacked by the Egyptians. Both attacks were repulsed.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. Coordinates: 30°34′N 31°56′E / 30.567°N 31.933°E