qallin, city located in the Egyptian Delta approximately 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Kafr al-Shaykh in the Gharbiyyah Province. The city is mentioned in the synaxarion for 7 Ba’unah as the birthplace of Saint Abishkhrun, a late third- or early fourth-century martyr.
Qallin
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Amélineau, E. La Géographie de l'Egypte a l'époque copte, p. 390. Paris, 1893. Ibn Mammati. Kitab Qawanin al-Dawawin, ed. A. S. Atiya, p. 169. Cairo, 1943. RANDALL STEWART