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Alfred J. Butler

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Alfred Joshua Butler (1850-1936) was English historian who was educated at Oxford, becoming a fellow of Brasenose College in 1877 and receiving his doctorate in 1902. He wrote a number of works on Egypt that spanned from the Coptic era to the medieval period, including his Ancient Coptic Churches of Egypt (Oxford, 1884) and the acclaimed The Arab Conquest of Egypt (Oxford, 1902).

Alfred J. Butler was a self-confessed “friend of the Copts”. On them he wrote in 1911, “ … having known the Copts for upwards of thirty years, I have the highest opinion of their capacity and their character.”
When the Coptic Congress in 1911 raised some demands to the British authority to end the injustices the Copts suffered from under British rule he sided with th Alfred Joshua Butler (1850-1936) was English historian who was educated at Oxford, becoming a fellow of Brasenose College in 1877 and receiving his doctorate in 1902. He wrote a number of works on Egypt that spanned from the Coptic era to the medieval period, including his Ancient Coptic Churches of Egypt (Oxford, 1884) and the acclaimed The Arab Conquest of Egypt (Oxford, 1902).

Alfred J. Butler was a self-confessed “friend of the Copts”. On them he wrote in 1911, “ … having known the Copts for upwards of thirty years, I have the highest opinion of their capacity and their character.”
When the Coptic Congress in 1911 raised some demands to the British authority to end the injustices the Copts suffered from under British rule he sided with the Copts against Sir Eldon Gorst, the British Consul-General in Egypt (1907-1911), whose policy was “(to) exalt the Mohammedan and to tread down the Christian, to license the majority and to curb the minority.”Addressing the policy makers who thought that the Copt could not be given a position of command and authority in a country with Muslim majority, he said, with the knowledge of the character of the Copts he possessed, “I for one should have no fear that a Coptic Mudir or Mamur would fail in tact or in justice, in kindness or in courage.”

But Butler’s main achievement for the Copts was in the field of scientific study. He was one of the great English gentlemen who through meticulous and hard research have done great services to the Copts. The Coptic nationalists are grateful for him for all his important work in Coptology; but particularly in correcting the story of the Arab occupation of Egypt, and in refuting the unfounded claims that the Egyptians (the Copts) welcomed and assisted the Arabs at the conquest; that the Arabs treated the Egyptians well at the invasion; and that the Arabs were received by the Egyptians as liberators – all are baseless lies and propagandist claims that some of the Muslims of Egypt kept repeating. The Arab Conquest of Egypt remains the main reference for the events that preceded, accompanied and shortly followed the Arab conquest of Egypt. No one can understand Coptic history without reading Butler’s books. It is interesting to mention here that Butler benefited a lot in his study from The Chronicle of John of Nikiu,the Coptic historian who was contemporaneous to the Arab occupation in 640 AD, and gave us a more accurate record of the conquest’s events, and their chronology, than the Arab and Byzantine historians. ...more

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	فتح العرب لمصر by Alfred J. Butler, محمد فريد أبو حديد (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 1902 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الحياة في البلاط الملكي المصري by Alfred J. Butler, محمد عزب - مي موافي (ترجمة و تحقيق) 3.50 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2013 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الكنائس القبطية القديمة في مصر الجزء الأول by Alfred J. Butler, الفريد .ج بتلر, إبراهيم سلامة إبراهيم (ترجمة) 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2001 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الكنائس القبطية القديمة في مصر الجزء الثاني by Alfred J. Butler, الفريد .ج بتلر, إبراهيم سلامة إبراهيم (ترجمة) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ancient Coptic Churches of Egypt it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2002 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Churches and Monasteries of Egypt and Some Neighbouring Countries 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1969 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sport in Classic Times 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1975 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Amaranth and Asphodel poems from the Greek Anthology 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“وبعد تلك الغزاة التي أوقع فيها عمرو بالبلاد وغنم منها، عاد إلى حصن «بابليون» ومن معه دون أن يجني كبير فائدة. وإن لنا لدلالة في غزاته تلك في مصر السفلى، وما لاقاه فيها من القتال في مواضع كثيرة، وعجزه في جُل ما حاوله من الفتح في بلاد الشمال القصوى؛ فإن ذلك يزيدنا برهانًا على ما تحت أيدينا من البراهين على فساد رأيين يذهب إليهما الناس: أولهما أن مصر أذعنت للعرب بغير أن تُقاتل أو تُدافع، وثانيهما أن المصريين رحَّبوا بالفاتحين، ورأوا فيهم الخلاص والنجاة مما هم فيه.”
― Alfred Joshua Butler, The Arab Conquest of Egypt and the Last Thirty Years of the Roman Dominion

tags: فتح-العرب-لمصر

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“ينقل عن ابن عبد الحكم أن عمرًا أراد أن يستمر في فتوحه إلى ما بعد ذلك غربًا، ولكن عمر دعاه منذ رأى في ذلك الفتح خطرًا أعظم مما يُرجى فيه من الخير. وفوق ذلك قد كتب «المقوقس لعمرو يقول إن الروم قد يُحاولون استرداد مصر». والعبارة الأخيرة لا شك في أنها غير صحيحة؛ فقد مات المقوقس قبل ذلك الوقت إذا كان «قيرس» هو المقصود، ولكن إذا قصد بذلك الاسم بنيامين (والظاهر أن ابن عبد الحكم يقصده) فقد كان لا يزال مُختبئًا في الصعيد.”
― Alfred Joshua Butler, The Arab Conquest of Egypt and the Last Thirty Years of the Roman Dominion

tags: البابا-بنيامين, عبد-الحكم, عمر-بن-الخطاب-المقوقس

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“رُوي عن عمر بن عبد العزيز نفسه أنه «وضع الجزية عمن أسلم من أهل الذمة من أهل مصر، وأُلحق في الديون صلح من أسلم منهم في عشائر من أسلموا على يديه، وكانت تؤخذ قبل ذلك ممن أسلم». وأول من أخذ الجزية ممن أسلم من أهل الذمة الحجاج بن يوسف الثقفي،”
― Alfred Joshua Butler, The Arab Conquest of Egypt and the Last Thirty Years of the Roman Dominion

tags: الجزية, عمر-بن-عبد-العزيز

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