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Egypt (region)

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The region around the Nile River in the north-east corner of Africa.

Names

  • Arabic: مصر = Miṣr 1, 4
  • Arabic: مقذونية = Maqadhūniya 2
  • Arabic: مقدونية = Maqadūniya 3
  • Armenian: Եգիպտոս = Egiptos 5-11
  • Armenian: Մըսըր = Měsěr 12-13
  • Armenian: Մսըր = Msěr 14
  • Armenian: Մսր = Msr 12, 15-21
  • Greek: Αἰγύπτου, Αἰγύπτῳ, Αἴγυπτον = Aigyptou, Aigyptō, Aigypton 22
  • Hebrew: מצרים = MṢRYM 23-24
  • Latin: Egyptus 25-26
  • Persian: مصر = Miṣr 27
  • Syriac: ܡܨܪܝܢ = MṢRYN 28-29
  • Syriac: ܐܐܪܝܐ = ʾʾRYʾ 30

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. 1-3 before c. 1225c.1225877 A.H. / 14721995
Event mentioned by Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād. 4 before 843 CEc. 820-843 CE687 A.H. / 1288-9 CE1993
Event mentioned by Tirats‘u. 5 1305130513051950
Event mentioned by Yohannēs. 6 1327132713271950
Event mentioned by Vasil. 7 1337133713371950
Event mentioned by Grigor. 8 1446144614461955
Event mentioned by Astuatsatur. 9 1449144914491955
Event mentioned by Dawit‘ Episkopos. 10 1453145314531958
Event mentioned by an Armenian scribe. 11 1446144614461958
Event mentioned by Grigor (Tserents‘) Khlat‘ets‘i. 12 1422142214221955
Event mentioned by Aṛak‘el Baghishets‘i. 13 before 1453late 15th C15561957
Event mentioned by Nersēs Krakts‘i. 14 1335133513351950
Event mentioned by Yakovb. 15 1304130413041950
Event mentioned by Barsegh Vardapet. 16 1325132513251950
Event mentioned by T‘oros. 17 1361136113611950
Event mentioned by Gaspar Hamt‘ets‘i. 18 1426142614261955
Event mentioned by an Armenian scribe. 19 1458145814581955
Event mentioned by an Armenian scribe. 20 1468146814681958
Event mentioned by Yovsēp‘. 21 1473147314731958
Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles. 22 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela 23-24 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion 25 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Riccoldo da Montecroce 26 c. 1289c.129014th C1864
Events mentioned by Nāṣir-i Khusraw 27 c. 1050circa 106510th C Hijrī/16th C CE2001
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian 28-30 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (1) 199، 251، 278، 280، 316، 332، 349، 384، 422، 492 (2) 140، 445، 454، 458، 461، 475، 489، 496، (3) 145، 184، 236، 291، 344، 387، 390 (4) 21، 24، 43، 50، 52، 64، 75، 90 (5) 137، 145، 173 [Arabic].
  • 2Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (5) 173 [Arabic].
  • 3Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (5) 137 [Arabic].
  • 4Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād, Kitāb al-Fitan, edited by Suhayl Zakkār (Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1993), 5, 12, 17, 24, 62, 70, 74, 108, 112, 119, 122, 126, 130, 138, 145, 148, 151, 153, 154, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 182, 187, 189, 196, 201, 203, 206, 240, 249, 266, 272, 275, 278, 279, 282, 289, 290, 291, 292, 294, 295, 298, 303, 307, 310, 312, 323, 329, 348, 390, 400, 406, 409, 410, 425, 429, 430, 431, 433 [Arabic].
    • Egypt: Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād, The Book of Tribulations: The Syrian Muslim Apocalyptic Tradition, translated by David Cook (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2017), xiii, 53, 96, 105, 113, 126, 137, 139, 142, 144, 145, 147, 158, 160, 169, 176, 189, 253, 260, 272–3, 287-8, 290, 299n, 315-19, 414, 433, 439, 444 [English].
  • 5L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XIV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1950), no. 42 p. 34 [Armenian].
    • Egiptos: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1305 (no. 1) [English].
  • 6L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XIV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1950), no. 255 p. 203 [Armenian].
    • Egiptos: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1327 (no. 2) [English].
  • 7L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XIV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1950), no. 363 pp. 294-296 [Armenian].
    • Egiptos: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1337 (no. 2) [English].
  • 8L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1955), no. 679a I: p. 603 [Armenian].
    • Egiptos: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1446 (no. 6) [English].
  • 9L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1955), no. 704 I: pp. 622-629 [Armenian].
    • Egiptos: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1449 (no. 1) [English].
  • 10L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1958), no. 38 II: pp. 30-31 [Armenian].
    • Egiptos: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1453 (no. 1) [English].
  • 11L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1958), no. 368 II: p. 285 [Armenian].
    • Egiptos: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1469 (no. 6) [English].
  • 12L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1955), nos. 300, 300b I: pp. 272-288 [Armenian].
    • Məsər, Msr: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1422 (no. 1) [English].
  • 13H.S. Anasyan, ed., Haykakan Aghbyurnerĕ Byuzandiayi Ankman Masin (Yerevan: Haykakan SSṚ Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1957), pp. 64-77 [Armenian].
    • Məsər: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1453 (no. 2) [English].
  • 14L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XIV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1950), nos. 338a, 338b, 338c, 338d pp. 273-275 [Armenian].
    • Msər: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1335 (no. 6) [English].
  • 15L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XIV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1950), no. 28 pp. 24-25 [Armenian].
    • Msr: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1304 (no. 3) [English].
  • 16L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XIV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1950), no. 240 pp. 193-194 [Armenian].
    • Msr: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1325 (no. 2) [English].
  • 17L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XIV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1950), no. 546 p. 451 [Armenian].
    • Msr: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1361 (no. 3) [English].
  • 18L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1955), no. 373 I: p. 354 [Armenian].
    • Msr: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1426 (no. 6) [English].
  • 19L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1955), I: pp. 507-508, n.1 [Armenian].
    • Msr: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1458 (no. 1) [English].
  • 20L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1958), no. 349 II: pp. 273-274 [Armenian].
    • Msr: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1468 (no. 4) [English].
  • 21L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1958), no. 433 II: p. 342 [Armenian].
    • Msr: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1473 (no. 1) [English].
  • 22Egypt: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 2.51; 3.13, 18, 23, 28, 35, 39-42; 4.38; 5.13 [Greek with English translation].
  • 23Mizraim: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 2, 3, 20, 44, 96, 101, 104, 105, 106, 108 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 24Egypt: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 3, 20, 44, 96-108 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 25Egyptus: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), prol. 1 bis, I 2, V 5 bis. 8. 14, VI 9, VII 3. 13. 26. 40. 42. 53 ter, VIII 5, IX 24, X 19, XI 2. 3, XII 8. [Latin].
  • 26Egyptus: Riccoldo da Montecroce, Liber Peregrinationis, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), praef. VI 27. X 45. XII 14. [Latin].
  • 27Egypt: Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Nasir-i Khusraw's Book of Travels, ed. Wheeler M. Thackston (Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda, 2001), 14, 17, 30, 46, 48-82, 104, 128, 132 [Persian with English translation].
  • 28Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 9 [Syriac].
    • Égypte: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 17, 18, 28, 33, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42, 97, 98, 100, 105, 107, 109, 119, 128, 134, 136, 137, 151, 155, 156, 168, 201, 202, 296, 297; II, 3, 39, 73, 78, 235, 240, 336, 341, 345, 351, 366, 381, 392, 401, 410, 411, 414, 424, 425, 437, 475, 478, 487, 501; III, 25, 38, 46, 48, 54, 59, 60, 62, 63, 76, 77, 83, 154, 191, 198, 225, 226, 240, 304, 317, 328, 332, 334, 336, 344, 348, 352, 353, 361, 364-66, 374, 375, 379, 388, 393, 398, 403, 404, 410, 413 [French].
    • Egypt: Michael the Syrian, The Chronicle of Michael the Great (The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex): Books XV–XXI From the Year 1050 to 1195 AD, ed. Amir Harrak (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2019), xv, xvi, 64 & n.205, 78, 94, 150, 170, 176, 178, 208, 304, 320, 338, 340, 346, 354, 368, 370, 376, 378, 380, 394, 396, 404, 416, 426, 428, 432 & n. 1159, 436, 440, 448, 540, 452 & n.1208, 464, 466, 468 [Syriac with English translation].
  • 29Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 10 [Syriac].
    • Miçrîn: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 20, 156; II, 432; III, 235, 304 [French].
    • Miṣrīn: Michael the Syrian, The Chronicle of Michael the Great (The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex): Books XV–XXI From the Year 1050 to 1195 AD, ed. Amir Harrak (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2019), 48, 170, 304, 466 [Syriac with English translation].
  • 30Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 27 [Syriac].
    • Aeria: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 42 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Egypt” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified November 9, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/72.

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  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; matching and transliteration from Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī’s Muʿjam al-Buldān; categorization, matching, Armenian collection/transliteration, and errata note from Sanjian's Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts; categorization, matching, Greek collection and transliteration from Chalkokondyles' history; Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue; matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor; matching from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue; and categorization, matching, Syriac collection and transliteration, and reconciling Harrak's pages from Michael's chronicle
  • Evan Willford: place categorization; abstract; Syriac Gazetter matching; and Wikipedia matching
  • Jessica Mutter: categorization, matching, and Arabic name collection and transcription from Nuʿaym Ibn Ḥammād’s Kitāb al-Fitan and categorization, matching, and reconciling Harrak's pages from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: citation generation from Sanjian's Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts and categorization from Michael's chronicle
  • Josh Kuch: categorization from Chalkokondyles' history
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