Stelle Sicque Amer, gubernacula prioris su...; (Chronica Anni 754 Vel Chronica Muzarabica (754 - 2020), Chroniques Anni 754, 2018 (Gil, ed.), §10 (p. 331)) [5637]

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Text Chronica Anni 754 Vel Chronica Muzarabica (754 - 754) Anonymous - History
Quotation Sicque Amer, gubernacula prioris suscipiens omnia, populo decem per annos rigidus mansit in regno. Hic Alexandriam antiquissimam ac florentissimam civitatem metropolim Egipti, iugo subiecti censuario.
Translation Thus Amer, undertaking all the reins of his predecessor for the people, remained solidly in power for ten years. This man subjected Alexandria, the most ancient and flourishing civil metropolis of Egypt to the censuary yoke. (Al-Tamimi, trans., “The Mozarabic Chronicle”, 2019)
Summary Here the chronicle recounts the reign of Caliph Omar and his subjugation of the city of Alexandria.
Quotation source Chroniques Anni 754, 2018 (Gil, ed.), §10 (p. 331)
Temporal Coverage 634 - 644
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