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Christians and Muslims in Early Islamic Egypt

Lajos Berkes, Editor 2022
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This volume collects studies exploring the relationship of Christians and Muslims in everyday life in Early Islamic Egypt (642–10th c.) focusing mainly, but not exclusively on administrative and social history. The contributions concentrate on the papyrological documentation preserved in Greek, Coptic, and Arabic. By doing so, this book transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries and offers results based on a holistic view of the documentary material. The articles of this volume discuss various aspects of change and continuity from Byzantine to Islamic Egypt and offer also the (re)edition of 23 papyrus documents in Greek, Coptic, and Arabic. The authors provide a showcase of recent papyrological research on this under-studied, but dynamically evolving field.

After an introduction by the editor of the volume that outlines the most important trends and developments of the period, the first two essays shed light on Egypt as part of the Caliphate. The following six articles, the bulk of the volume, deal with the interaction and involvement of the Egyptian population with the new Muslim administrative apparatus. The last three studies of the volume focus on naming practices and language change.

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  • 978-0-9799758-9-9 (hardcover)
  • 978-0-9799758-1-3 (ebook)
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  • Papyrology
  • Classical Studies
  • History
  • Archaeology
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  • Cover
  • Half Title Page
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Editorial Remarks
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction: A Papyrological Perspective on Christians and Muslims in Early Islamic Egypt
  • Egypt and the Caliphate
    • Imperial Arabic: Some Notes on Visual Symbolism
    • Imperial Policies and the Organization of the War Fleet in Early Islamic Egypt
  • Adapting to New Realities: Administration and Bureaucracy
    • Babylone-Fusṭāṭ dans les sources papyrologiques coptes
    • The Overseers of the Barns of Babylon: Two Arabic-Greek Receipts
    • À propos de Ḥayyān b. Surayǧ. Un surintendant des finances égyptien de l’époque omeyyade
    • Nouveaux textes sur les pagarques du Fayoum au VIIIe siècle
    • Rāshid b. Khālid: An Amīr in Middle Egypt under the Umayyads
    • Western Thebes and the Arab Administration of Pre-Abbasid Egypt
  • Naming Practices and Language Change
    • Remarques textuelles et méthodologiques sur les surnoms et sobriquets dans les papyrus tardifs (autour des P.Apoll.)
    • Draft of a Late Coptic Letter
    • Bilingualism and Mono-/Bigraphia at the Nexus of Magical Traditions: From Egyptian-Greek to Coptic-Arabic Magical Texts
  • Contributors
  • Index
  • Papyrological Index

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Drachm of the so-called standing-caliph type.

Fig. 1 Anonymous, drachm, 75 (694/5), without mint (Damascus?).

From Imperial Arabic: Some Notes on Visual Symbolism

Fig. 1. Anonymous, drachm, AH 75 (694/5 CE), without mint (Damascus?) Photo by Gyselen 2000, Plate 15 no. 7 (enlarged)

Drachm of the so-called sacrum-and-spear type.

Fig. 2 Anonymous (frozen Khusrō), drachm, without date, without mint (Damascus?).

From Imperial Arabic: Some Notes on Visual Symbolism

Fig. 2. Anonymous (frozen Khusrō), drachm, without date, without mint (Damascus?) Photo by Treadwell 1999, 268 (ANS), originally published by Miles 1957, 192–93 (3.70 g, enlarged)

Drachm of the so-called orans type.

Fig. 3 Bishr b. Marwān, drachm, Aqūlā, 73 (692/3).

From Imperial Arabic: Some Notes on Visual Symbolism

Fig. 3. Bishr b. Marwān, drachm, Aqūlā, AH 73 (692/3 CE) Photo by Treadwell 1999, 261, A1 (4.31 g, enlarged); image courtesy of Luke Treadwell

Papyrus containing an Arabic-Greek receipt.

P.Christ.Musl. 1

From The Overseers of the Barns of Babylon: Two Arabic-Greek Receipts (P.Christ.Musl. 1–3)

Fig. 4. P.Christ.Musl. 1

Small fragment of a papyrus containing an Arabic-Greek receipt.

P.Christ.Musl. 2, 1

From The Overseers of the Barns of Babylon: Two Arabic-Greek Receipts (P.Christ.Musl. 1–3)

Fig. 5. P.Christ.Musl. 2r

Small papyrus fragment containing what seems to be traces of ink.

P.Christ.Musl. 2, 2

From The Overseers of the Barns of Babylon: Two Arabic-Greek Receipts (P.Christ.Musl. 1–3)

P.Christ.Musl. 2v

Fragment of a papyrus containing writing exercises in Greek.

P.Christ.Musl. 3 r

From The Overseers of the Barns of Babylon: Two Arabic-Greek Receipts (P.Christ.Musl. 1–3)

Fig. 6. P.Christ.Musl. 3r

Fragment of a papyrus containing writing exercises in Greek.

P.Christ.Musl. 3 v

From The Overseers of the Barns of Babylon: Two Arabic-Greek Receipts (P.Christ.Musl. 1–3)

Fig. 7. P.Christ.Musl. 3v

Large papyrus containing a letter in Arabic.

P.Christ.Musl. 4 r

From À propos de Ḥayyān b. Surayǧ

Fig. 8. P.Christ.Musl. 4r

Large papyrus containing the address of an Arabic letter and one word in Greek.

P.Christ.Musl. 4 v

From À propos de Ḥayyān b. Surayǧ

Fig. 9. P.Christ.Musl. 4v

Large papyrus containing a letter in Arabic.

P.Christ.Musl. 5 r

From À propos de Ḥayyān b. Surayǧ

Fig. 10. P.Christ.Musl. 5r

Arabic papyrus fragment displaying the remnants of the address of a letter.

P.Christ.Musl. 5 v

From À propos de Ḥayyān b. Surayǧ

Fig. 11. P.Christ.Musl. 5v

Small fragment of a papyrus containing an Arabic letter.

P.Christ.Musl. 6 r

From Nouveaux textes sur les pagarques du Fayoum au viiie siècle

Fig. 12. P.Christ.Musl. 6r

Small fragment of a papyrus containing the address of an Arabic letter.

P.Christ.Musl. 6 v

From Nouveaux textes sur les pagarques du Fayoum au viiie siècle

Fig. 13. P.Christ.Musl. 6v

Large papyrus containing an Arabic letter.

P.Christ.Musl. 7

From Nouveaux textes sur les pagarques du Fayoum au viiie siècle

Fig. 14. P.Christ.Musl. 7

Fragment of a papyrus containing an Arabic letter and some scribbles in Greek.

P.Christ.Musl. 8

From Nouveaux textes sur les pagarques du Fayoum au viiie siècle

Fig. 15. P.Christ.Musl. 8

Fragment of a papyrus containing lines of Arabic writing and some scribbles in Greek.

P.Christ.Musl. 9–10

From Nouveaux textes sur les pagarques du Fayoum au viiie siècle

Fig. 16. P.Christ.Musl. 9–10

Fragment of a papyrus containing Arabic texts written over each other.

P.Christ.Musl. 11–14

From Nouveaux textes sur les pagarques du Fayoum au viiie siècle

Fig. 17. P.Christ.Musl. 11–14

Large papyrus containing an Arabic letter.

P.Christ.Musl. 11 et 14

From Nouveaux textes sur les pagarques du Fayoum au viiie siècle

Fig. 18. P.Christ.Musl. 11 et 14 facsimilé

Large papyrus containing four lines of Arabic writing on the top.

P.Christ.Musl. 12–13

From Nouveaux textes sur les pagarques du Fayoum au viiie siècle

Fig. 19. P.Christ.Musl. 12–13 facsimilé

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