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John the Deacon (Egyptian chronicler)

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70:, and although John is one of the only sources for the time and place, he is not always reliable. For instance, he records a Nubian invasion of Egypt that reached as far as 79: 48: 198: 208: 75: 63: 118: 56: 102: 110: 35: 86:
and the imprisonment and liberation of the patriarch, made to coincide with a known period of
151:, J. D. Fage and Roland Anthony Oliver, edd. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), 556–88. 203: 39: 109:". He is the earliest source to mention thirteen kings ruling Nubia under the high king 192: 106: 97:. John is the only source to describe the dynastic struggles that followed the death 114: 83: 20: 94: 91: 71: 43: 87: 23: 90:
uprisings and consequent persecution at the instigation of the
82:. This event appears to be a conflation of a real invasion of 38:
in the first half of the eighth century. His book, written in
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Louis V. Žabkar (1963), "The Eparch of Nubia as King",
59:, one of the most revered Coptic churchmen of his age. 168:, Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press 74:in 745, after the Egyptians refused to release 166:The Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt (641–1517) 8: 46:and incorporated as the second part of the 143:P. L. Shinnie (1986), "Christian Nubia", 139: 137: 135: 133: 34:768–70, is the most important source for 55:John was a spiritual disciple of Bishop 159: 157: 129: 49:History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria 145:The Cambridge History of Africa: From 117:. He is also an early source for the 7: 14: 181:Journal of Near Eastern Studies 105:, whom he refers to as a "new 1: 28:Life of the Patriarch Michael 199:Medieval Egyptian historians 42:, was later translated into 209:8th-century Egyptian people 225: 66:made heavy use of John's 164:Mark N. Swanson (2010), 80:Patriarch of Alexandria 64:Sawirus ibn al-Muqaffaʿ 62:The later historian 149:. 500 BC to AD 1050 26:chronicler whose 216: 184: 177: 171: 169: 161: 152: 141: 119:Arab slave trade 224: 223: 219: 218: 217: 215: 214: 213: 189: 188: 187: 183:, 22(4):217–19. 178: 174: 163: 162: 155: 142: 131: 127: 36:Christian Nubia 17:John the Deacon 12: 11: 5: 222: 220: 212: 211: 206: 201: 191: 190: 186: 185: 172: 153: 128: 126: 123: 57:Moses of Awsim 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 221: 210: 207: 205: 202: 200: 197: 196: 194: 182: 176: 173: 167: 160: 158: 154: 150: 146: 140: 138: 136: 134: 130: 124: 122: 120: 116: 112: 108: 104: 100: 96: 93: 89: 85: 81: 77: 73: 69: 65: 60: 58: 53: 51: 50: 45: 41: 37: 33: 29: 25: 22: 18: 180: 175: 165: 148: 144: 98: 67: 61: 54: 47: 31: 27: 16: 15: 115:Old Dongola 107:Constantine 84:Upper Egypt 30:, finished 21:Monophysite 193:Categories 103:Merkurios 95:Marwan II 170:, p. 16. 111:Kyriakos 101:.730 of 24:Egyptian 204:Deacons 76:Michael 92:Caliph 88:Coptic 72:Fustat 44:Arabic 40:Coptic 19:was a 125:Notes 68:Life 113:at 195:: 156:^ 132:^ 121:. 78:, 52:. 32:c. 147:c 99:c

Index

Monophysite
Egyptian
Christian Nubia
Coptic
Arabic
History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria
Moses of Awsim
Sawirus ibn al-Muqaffaʿ
Fustat
Michael
Patriarch of Alexandria
Upper Egypt
Coptic
Caliph
Marwan II
Merkurios
Constantine
Kyriakos
Old Dongola
Arab slave trade






Categories
Medieval Egyptian historians
Deacons
8th-century Egyptian people

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