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A study of al-Risālah al-Bāhirah presents a departure in the interpretation of Abū Y`acqūb al-Sijistānī's (d. approximately between 386/996 and 393/1002–3) writings. It is the first critical edition and translation of al-Risālah al-Bāhirah . Previous scholarship has concentrated…

This dissertation considers the history of a Coptic imagination by examining Copto-Arabic sources which describe medieval Egypt during the Fatimid period (969-1171 CE). Copto-Arabic literature laments the Islamization and Arabization of Egypt and Copto-Arabic writers are keen on…