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| image      = [[File:Giza Plateau - Great Sphinx with Pyramid of Khafre in background.JPG|290px]]
| caption    = 
| conflict   = Muslim conquest of Egypt
| partof     = the [[Muslim conquests]] and [[Byzantine-Arab Wars]]
| date       = 639–642
| place      = [[Egypt]], [[Libya]]
| result     = Rashidun victory.
(contracted; show full)Byzantine navy]] to enter Red sea via that canal and it will be a continuous threat to [[Madinah]].<ref name="ReferenceC"/> This project however was completed in the form of what is now known as [[Suez Canal]] 1300 years later. The [[British Empire]], like Caliph Umar resisted the construction of Suez Canal on the same basis that it will threaten its rule over [[India]].<ref name="tertullian.org"/>
Each year a large amount of Jizya according to Caliph's instructions use
d to be spent on building and repairing of canals and bridges.<ref>Al Farooq, Umar By Muhammad Husayn Haykal. chapter no:25</ref>
The Arab rulers remained in control of the country from this point until 1250, when it fell under the control of the [[Mameluks]] (however, the Ayyubids whom mamluki sultans replaced were Kurdish by their origins).

== See also ==

*[[Aegyptus (Roman province)]]
*[[Muslim conquests]]
*[[Byzantine-Arab Wars]]
(contracted; show full)[[id:Penaklukan Islam di Mesir]]
[[it:Conquista musulmana dell'Egitto]]
[[arz:غزو العرب لمصر]]
[[pt:Invasão muçulmana do Egito]]
[[ro:Cucerirea musulmană a Egiptului]]
[[ru:Арабское завоевание Египта]]
[[sh:Muslimansko osvajanje Egipta]]
[[zh:穆斯林征服埃及]]