Akhmīm

by Sijpesteijn, Petra M.

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Akhmīm , with almost 150,000 inhabitants one of the most populous cites in Upper Egypt, on the east bank of the Nile, was an important religious, economic, and administrative centre from antiquity to the mediaeval period. In ancient times, this was the town of Panopolis. The Arabic name is based on the Coptic Shmim, or Shmin, and the name also referred to an administrative district. Akhmīm's pre-Islamic status as provincial capital continued into the Islamic period, when the pagarchy, or admini…

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Akhmīm , with almost 150,000 inhabitants one of the most populous cites in Upper Egypt, on the east bank of the Nile, was an important religious, economic, and administrative centre from antiquity to the mediaeval period. In ancient times, this was the town of Panopolis. The Arabic name is based on the Coptic Shmim, or Shmin, and the name also referred to an administrative district. Akhmīm's pre-Islamic status as provincial capital continued into the Islamic period, when the pagarchy, or administrative unit (kūra) , was sometimes combined with neighbouring

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei325

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eng Islam

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Sijpesteijn, Petra M.

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