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Aziz Suryal Atiya ( ar, عزيز سوريال عطية, ; July 5, 1898 – September 24, 1988)Egypt Radio
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historian and scholar and an expert in Islamic and
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studies. Atiya was the founder of the
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in Cairo in 1950s, and was also the founder of the
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/ref> His library, The Aziz Atiya Library for Middle East Studies at
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, is considered the fifth largest such collection in
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and is recognized internationally as a major research library in this field. While at the University of Utah, Professor Atiya rediscovered ten lost papyri fragments related to the Mormon scripture,
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, in the archives of the New York
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Work

Atiya published a large study entitled ''The Crusades in the Later Middle Ages'' in 1938, and was also the first author of ''
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'', published in 1991. The chapters on the Copts in his book ''The History of Eastern Christianity'' (1968, 1980) have become landmarks, not only for specialists but also for the general public. It was Atiya who, after many lively debates with the publishers and their readers, had the words '
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' and ' Coptologist' introduced into the English language. He could speak English, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Latin, and to a lesser extent, Spanish, Greek, Coptic, Turkish, Welsh, and Dutch.


Academic career

*Honorary Professor of Medieval (including Oriental) History for Kahle's Orientalisches Seminar in Bonn, Germany 1935-1939 *Professor of Medieval History at
Cairo University Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...
1939–1942. *Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Arts (1949–1950) and Chairman of the History Department at
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1952–1954. *Medieval Academy Visiting Professor of Arabic Studies at
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. *Positions at the Union Theological Seminary and
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. *Patten Visiting Professor and Lecturer at
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1957 *Professor of Arabic and Islamic History at
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(1957–1958). *Professor of Languages and History at
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1959.


Awards

*Earned a B.A. with first-class honors in Medieval and Modern History
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in
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1931. *Ph.D. in Arabic and
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1933. *Awarded a D.Litt.(
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)
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1938. *Granted the honorary degree of
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and honorary
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(LL.D.),
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United States 1967.


Publications

*''The Arabic Manuscripts of Mount Sinai: A Hand-list of the Arabic Manuscripts and Scrolls Microfilmed at the Library of the Monastery of St. Catherine'' (1955). ASIN B0006AU4NM. *''The Coptic Encyclopedia'', vol. 1 (1991). *''The Copts and Christian Civilization'' (1979). . *''Crusade, Commerce and Culture'' (1962). ISBN ASIN B0000CLOTM. *''The Crusade'' (1977). . *''The Crusade: Historiography and Bibliography'' (1962). ASIN B0000CLOU1. *''The Crusade in the Later Middle Ages'' (1938). *''The Crusade of Nicopolis'' (1934). *''The Crusade'' (1962). .Atiya, A. Suryal. (1962)
The crusade
Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
*''Egypt and Aragon: Embassies and Diplomatic Correspondence Between 1300 and 1330 A.D.'' (1966). ASIN B0007J1LYI. *''A Fourteenth Century Encyclopedist from Alexandria'' (1977). ASIN B0006XYA4I. About
Muḥammad ibn al-Ḳāsim al-Nuwayrī al-Iskandarānī Muḥammad ibn al-Ḳāsim al-Nuwayrī al-Iskandarānī al-Mālikī (fl. 1365–1373) was a Muslim historian and native of Alexandria in the tradition of secular local historiography. He wrote a three-volume history ostensibly of the Cypriot-led c ...
, whose three-volume history of Alexandria Atiya edited and published in six volumes. *''A History of Eastern Christianity'' (1980). . This is an expanded edition of the first edition published in 1968. ASIN B000IOZ7AG. *''The Monastery of St Catherine and the Mount Sinai Expedition'' (1952). ASIN B0007EBOK4. *Atiya published approximately twenty books, many of which are multi-volume projects also journal articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia articles, including authoring or co-authoring dozens in the monumental Coptic Encyclopedia.


See also

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Coptic history Coptic history is the part of the history of Egypt that begins with the introduction of Christianity in Egypt in the 1st century AD during the Roman period, and covers the history of the Copts to the present day. Many of the historic items relate ...
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Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria The Coptic Orthodox Church ( cop, Ϯⲉⲕ̀ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ, translit=Ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos, lit=the Egyptian Orthodox Church; ar, الكنيسة القبطي ...
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List of Copts This list of Copts includes notable Copts figures who are notable in their areas of expertise. For saints, please refer to ''Coptic Saints''. Performing arts * Rami Malek, actor * Mena Massoud, actor * Ash Atalla, British television produce ...
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Lists of Egyptians The following is a list of some of the notable Egyptians inside and outside of Egypt: Actors Male actors * Abdel Moneim Madbouly * Adel Emam * Ahmed Zaki * Ahmed El Sakka * Ahmed Ezz * Ahmed Helmy * Ahmed Mekky * Ahmed Ramzy * Ali Mans ...
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Institute of Coptic Studies The Institute of Coptic Studies (معهد الدراسات القبطية) was founded in 1954 by the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. It is based in Cairo. Description The institute is the Egyptian church's main research centre in subjects ...
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Coptology Coptology is the science of Coptic studies, the study of the Coptic language and Coptic literature.What is C ...


References


External links


BiographyClaremont Coptic Encyclopedia, updated and maintained by the School of Religion at Claremont Graduate UniversityArticles authored/co-authored by Atiya as listed in the Claremont Coptic EncyclopediaBooks titles by Aziz Suryal Atiya

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University of Utah Digital LibraryMarriott Library Special Collections

Aziz Suryal Atiya Papers
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University of Utah Digital LibraryMarriott Library Special Collections
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