THE HISTORY OF THE SPONSORSHIP AND FINANCIAL OF THE CHRISTIAN MONASTERIES AND CHURCHES IN THE FATIMID ERA IN EGYPT (969-1171 A.D/ 358-567H)

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Lecture,. Islamic dept., Faculty of Archaeology, Fayoum Univ., Fayoum, Egypt

Abstract

The Christian Egypt, under the Muslim rulers, enjoyed their entire freedom of religion, because the
teachings of Islam states that all people shall coexist in tolerance and satisfaction, this is the first
motif which made them life together. So the Muslims rulers care of the second sector of them citizens
and give them the enough money to built them churches and monasteries. The purpose of this paper
is report the sponsorship and the financial process of building and tracking the significant care in the
innovation and construction and defining the methods of the economic financial of Christian Church
of the Christian Church through the Fatimid period (969-1171A.D/358-567H), whereas, the Christian
buildings relied heavily on the government to finance the reconstruction and the life of the monks
themselves inside these buildings.

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