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Feb 13 6 tweets 5 min read
🟥 Here is the continuation of the English translation of the Maronite Chronicle of the year 693, from page 137a to page 155b, the end of the text.

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Feb 11 15 tweets 5 min read
🟥 The Maronite Chronicle of the year 693

Sinaitic Arabic Manuscript 597 contains an Arabic chronicle that was erroneously described by Murad Kamil in his catalogue of the manuscripts of Mount Sinai. The chronicles ends in 693 not in Fatimid times. Image
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In the original microfilms of Sinaitic manuscript, this chronicle was not reproduced. Here is a link to a digital reproduction of this microfilm:
loc.gov/resource/amedm…
Jan 23, 2025 16 tweets 6 min read
الفتنة الأولى بين الدروز و المسيحيين في جبل لبنان بمكيدة محمد باشا والى حلب في نيسان 1832
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إن أول مرة تقاتل فيها الدروز و المسيحيين في جبل لبنان كانت في 26 نيسان 1832 ، فإنّه قبل هذا التاريخ لم يحدث أي حدث مشابه . هذه الفتنة كانت من تخطيط محمد باشا والي حلب و كانت الغاية منها إعاقة تقدم إبراهيم باشا في بر الشام و إخراجه منها .
Jan 15, 2025 17 tweets 6 min read
The first discord between the Druzes and the Christians of Mount Lebanon, machinated by Muhammad Pasha vali of Aleppo in 1832
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The first time in which the Druzes and the Christians of Mount Lebanon fought each other was in 26 April 1832. Before that, no such event happened. This discord was caused by the machination of Muhammad Pasha vali of Aleppo, trying to oppose the advancement of Ibrahim Pasha.