Marcus Simaika. Samir Simaika

      

MARCUS SIMAIKA

      MARCUS SIMAIKA

      Father of Coptic Archaeology

      Samir Simaika

      Nevine Henein

      Introduced by

      Donald M. Reid

      The American University in Cairo Press

      Cairo New York

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      ISBN 978 977 416 823 9

      eISBN 978 1 61797 801 2

       This book is dedicated to the memory of my father,Youssef Marcus Simaika, to whom I owe so much.

       —Samir Simaika

      CONTENTS

       The Simaika Family Tree

       Chronology

       Acknowledgments

       Preface

       List of Illustrations

       Introduction by Donald M. Reid

       Part 1: The Early Years

       1. Cairo

       2. A Love of Learning

       3. A Prominent Family

       Part 2: Service to Government and Nation

       4. The State Railways

       5. Education and Legislation

       The Superior Council of Education

       The Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly

       6. Simaika and the British Administrators

       Lord Cromer (1883–1907)

       Sir Eldon Gorst (1907–11)

       Field Marshal Lord Kitchener (1911–14)

       Sir Henry McMahon (1914–17)

       Sir Reginald Wingate (1917–19)

       Lord Allenby (1919–25)

       Lord Lloyd (1925–29)

       Part 3: Service to the Coptic Church and Community

       7. An Ancient Church

       Monks and Missionaries

       The Copts after the Arab Conquests

       The Rise of Coptic Notables

       8. The Patriarchs

       Cyril IV (1854–61)

       Cyril V (1874–1927)

       Yohannes XIX (1928–42)

       9. The Awakening of the Coptic Church

       10. Al-Majlis al-Milli

       11. The Coptic and Ethiopian Dispute over Deir al-Sultan in Jerusalem

       12. Travels in Sudan

       Part 4: The Coptic Museum and Heritage Preservation

       13. A Crumbling Heritage

       14. The Committee for the Preservation of Arab Art

       15. A New Museum

       The Mu‘allaqa Church

       The Coptic Museum

       16. A State Institution

       17. Searching for Antiquities, Saving Libraries

       18. Recognition

       Appendix: Some Coptic Social Customs

       Selected Bibliography

       Notes

      Index

      CHRONOLOGY