Abū l-Makārim

Abū l-Makārim ( Arabic أبو المكاريم, also al-Makarim ; * before 1160; † after 1190) was a Copt and writer.

In Cairo he wrote a "History of the Churches and Monasteries of Egypt" in Arabic , in which he compiled all available news for every church and every monastery in Egypt (including Nubia ), on the one hand from older writings, on the other hand from his own knowledge or from hearsay. An appendix, perhaps from a different pen, deals with Asia and Europe. The "story" of Abū l-Makārim was previously ascribed to the Armenian Abū Sālih .

Translations

• Abu Salih the Armenian, BTA Evetts, Alfred Butler: The Churches and Monasteries of Egypt and Some Neighboring Countries . Oxford 1895, reprint 2001. ISBN 0-9715986-7-3 (English translation of the 2nd part)
• Bishop Samuel (Ed.): Abu al Makarem, History of the Churches and Monasteries in Lower Egypt in the 13th Cent. Cairo 1992 (English translation of the 1st part)

literature

• Johannes den Heijer: The Composition of the History of the Churches and Monasteries of Egypt. Some preliminary remarks . In: DW Johnson (Ed.): Acts of the 5th Intern. of Coptic Studies. Washington 1992 . Volume 2, Rome 1993, pp. 208-213.
• Johannes den Heijer: Coptic Historiography in the Fāimid, Ayyūbid and Early Mamlūk Periods . In: Medieval Encounters . Volume 2, Issue 1, 1996, pp. 77-81.
• Ugo Zanetti: Abu l-Makarim et Abu Salih . In: Bulletin de la Société d'Archéologie Copte . Volume 34, 1995, pp. 86-138.
• Maurice Martin: Le Delta chrétien à la fin du 12 p. In: Orientalia Christiana Periodica . Volume 63, 1997, pp. 181-199.
• Maurice Martin: Alexandrie Chrétienne à la fin du XIIe siècle d'après Abû l-Makârim . In: Christian Décobert (Ed.): Alexandrie médiévale 1 (Études Alexandrines 3) . Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Le Caire 1998, pp. 45–49. ISBN 2-7247-0229-8