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Administrative Organization Of Egypt

ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION OF EGYPT In pharaonic times Egypt was divided into two main parts, the Delta in the north and Upper Egypt in the south. The former was subdivided into twenty administrative units, and the latter into twenty-two. In addition to about sixty major towns, the number of villages totaled about 2,500. Under the Ptolemies …

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Places / By Armia FAYEZ

RASHID (Rosetta) A city in the Egyptian Delta situated west of Lake Burullus, some 26 miles (42 km) northwest of Damanhur near the Nile mouth known as Masabb Rashid. In Greek, the city was known as Bolbitine. Westerners know the place as Rosetta, a name famous for the stone found not far from the city …

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Political Thought In Modern Egypt

History / By Armia FAYEZ

POLITICAL THOUGHT IN MODERN EGYPT The bases of Egyptian thought had remained fundamentally Arab- Islamic until its roots extended themselves into the modern soil of European culture throughout the nineteenth century. Eventually, Egyptian political thought crystallized into modern concepts and terms. However, other influences also played an important role. Most sources agree that the French …

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Mahallat Al-Amir

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

MAHALLAT AL-AMIR A town located in the Delta province of Beheira some 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Rashid. The HISTORY OF THE PATRIARCHS relates that during the patriarchate of CHRISTODOULUS (1047-1077) the Muslim authorities ordered that Christian churches and monasteries were to be closed and a special tax for Christians was to be assessed. …

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Mawhub Ibn Mansur Ibn Mufarrij Al-Iskandarani

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

MAWHUB IBN MANSUR IBN MUFARRIJ AL- ISKANDARANI (c. 1025-1100) A redactor and coauthor of the HISTORY OF THE PATRIARCHS, begun by SAWIRUS IBN AL- MUQAFFA‘. This important historical text actually owes its survival to Mawhub, who, with the assistance of others, collected the patriarchal lives written by earlier biographers and compiled them into one book, …

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Mark II, Saint

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

MARK II, SAINT A forty-ninth patriarch of the See of Saint Mark (799-819) (feast day: 22 Baramudah). He was an important patriarch, a fascinating individual, a master preacher, and an eminent Coptic writer. Mark’s life was closely associated with that of his predecessor, JOHN IV. As a deacon in Alexandria, he became John’s disciple and …

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Masil

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

MASIL A town in the northern Delta of Egypt. Though its exact location is uncertain, it appears that Masil lay somewhere within the area defined by Rashid to the northeast, Fuwwah to the southeast, Lake Idku to the northwest, and Abu Hummus to the southwest. In Coptic documents the name of the town was written …

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Minya

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

MINYA A city located on the west bank of the Nile in Middle Egypt and the capital of the province of Minya. The city was known in Coptic as tmwn/ (Tmone). Before the late nineteenth century, Minya was known in Arabic as Bani Khasib after al-Khasib ibn ‘Abd al-Hamid, the financial administrator of Harun al-Rashid. …

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Monasteries In The Gharbiyyah Province

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

MONASTERIES IN THE GHARBIYYAH PROVINCE Testimonies are relatively numerous concerning the monasteries of this province, which occupies the north of the Delta between the two branches of the Nile, that of Damietta (Dumyat) and that of Rosetta (Rashid). Mentioned are the sites of Diolkos and hermitages at Naqizah and Sinjar. To the north near the …

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Muhadhdhab Al-Din Abu Sa‘Id Ibn Abi Sulayman

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

MUHADHDHAB AL-DIN ABU SA‘ID IBN ABI SULAYMAN Physician son of Abi Sulayman Dawud ibn Abi al- Muna ibn Abi Fanah from whom, among others, he learned medicine, and brother of ABU AL-FADL IBN ABI SULAYMAN and of Abu Shakir ibn Abi Sulayman, to whom he taught the art of medicine. He was a skilled doctor, …

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