A Sword Over the Nile
Subtitle: A Brief History of the Copts Under Islamic Rule
Publisher: Austin Macauley
Published: June 30, 2020)
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781643787619
Table of contents: label: 1.
title: Copyright; label: 2.
title: Foreword; label: 3.
title: Introduction; label: 4.
title: Who Are the Copts?; label: 5.
title: A Peaceful or Forceful Conquest?; label: 6.
title: Rapacious Umayyads; label: 7.
title: The Abbasids Squelch the Resistance; label: 8.
title: The Turkish Walis: More Sorrows; label: 9.
title: The Fatimids and the Adventures of Al-Hakem bi-Amr Allah; label: 10.
title: The Decay and Demise of the Fatimid State; label: 11.
title: The Wars of Salah Al-Deen Against the Kuffar; label: 12.
title: The Copts in the Ayyubid Mill; label: 13.
title: Harassed from All Directions; label: 14.
title: The Slaves' State and Its Dark Days; label: 15.
title: An Ottoman Paradise; label: 16.
title: Bonaparte Knocks at the Door; label: 17.
title: Mohammed Ali's Attempts to Exit the Dark Tunnel; label: 18.
title: Fake Liberals, Real Fascists; label: 19.
title: Dhimmis in the Republican Umma-State; label: 20.
title: Overview and Analysis: The Copts Under Arab Islamic Rule; label: 21.
title: Conclusion: Triumph of 'Islamocracy'; label: 22.
title: Afterword; label: 23.
title: Appendices; title: 1. The Impact of the 'Forgotten of History' on Civilization; title: 1.1. Doctrinal Differentiation of Christianity; title: 1.2. Monasticism and the Western Civilization; title: 1.3. Philosophy; title: 1.4. Science; title: 1.5. Music, Art, and Architecture; title: 1.6. Textiles and Crafts; title: 1.7. A Fourth Century 'Red Cross'; title: 2. Who Was 'Al-Mugawqis'?; title: 3. The Historical Responsibility of the Copts; title: 3.1. Pope Diosorus (444-454); title: 3.2. Pope Benyamin (623-662); title: 3.3. Pope Yousab I (830-849); title: 3.4. Pope Ghogrial II (1131-1145); title: 4. Distinctive Identity and Provinciality; title: 5. Pseudo-Apocalyptic Writings as 'Political Resistance'; title: 6. Patriarchs of the Coptic Church; title: 7. Glossary; label: 24.
title: Bibliography; title: 1. Core Reference; title: 2. Primary References; title: 3. Other References; title: 4. Sites Accessed; label: 25.
title: Notes