C. The Link with Nubia.
XXI. The Last Decades of the Eastern Empire’s
Rule over Egypt.
Interrupted by the Short Persian Conquest.
A. Abba Anastius.
B. Abba Andronicus.
Book II. From the Arab Conquest to the Mamluke Reign.
XXII. The Final Years of the Byzantine Rule Over
Egypt and
the Arab Conquest.
A. Abba Benyameen Elected to Succeed
Abba Andronicus.
B. The Arab Conquest of Egypt.
C. The Saintly Samuel of Qualamon.
XXIII. The First Arab Governor of Egypt – and the
Coptic Popes
During his Rule.
A. Abba Agathon.
B. Abba Yoannis II.
C. A Consummate Scribe.
D. A Syro-Egyptian Shepherd.
E. Resplendent Constellation.
XXIV. Death of Governor ‘Abd’l Aziz Ushers Era of
Trials.
A. Successor of ‘Abd’l Aziz.
B. Ferment and Rebellion.
C. The Volcano Erupts.
