Yusuf the Egyptian

YUSUF THE EGYPTIAN (about 1316 A.D.)

An Egyptian Melkite author of Notitiae on the Greek Patriarchate of Alexandria. He depends on Eutychius.

Ed.: G. Beveridge, Synodicon 2, Oxford 1672, 148 note; H. Gelzer, Byz. Zs. 2, 1893, 36 s. Exc.: MC 1150 v.

T.: MC 1150 v (Gelzer and Beveridge) A: 1 and 4

In the Name of God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Notice (ma’rifa) of the Metropolitan Seats (karāsī nawarīyya) under the Patriarch of the City of Alexandria, and their order of precedence (tartīb), which we found in a document written by the Father and Patriarch Eutychius (Aftīshiyūs), who is Sa'īd Ibn Batriq.

"It has been decreed that each Metropolitan or Bishop should know his degree in order of precedence, lest anyone step into another's place or a quarrel develop. Once everyone knows his own degree, he should feel quiet about it.

I. - The first is the Archbishop (arshī abiskubus) of Mareotis and its region (kūra).

II. - The second is the Metropolitan (muṭrān) of Barqa and the Western Five Cities (al-khamsa mudun al-qharbiyya).

III. - The third is the Archbishop (arshī abiskubus) of Miṣr and its districts (a'māl), villages and hamlets (rustāq) till the southern border of the Thebaid.

IV. - The fourth is the Metropolitan (muṭrān) of as-Sind and al-Hind and their dependencies (sā'ir a'māli-ha).

V. - The fifth is the Metropolitan of al-Ḥabasha and all its dependencies (sā'ir a‘māli-ha).

VI. - The sixth is the Bishop (usquf) of al-Marīs and its other dependencies (sā'ir a'māli-ha).

VII. - The seventh is the Metropolitan of Nubia (muṭrān an-nūba) and all its dependencies (sā'ir a’māli-ha).

VIII. - The eighth is the Metropolitan of al-Faramā (Pelusium) etc." (MC 1150 v).