CAIRO PUBLISHED BOOK ON ARMENIAN FAMILY ACHIEVING ROYAL POWER IN EGYPT

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April 20, 2012 | 04:46

Cairo published Hekayat Osra Aremenia (Stories of an Armenian Family)
by Nabil Hefny Mahmoud, depicting a famous Armenian family in Egypt,
which achieved to royal power, Ahram Online reports.

According to the researcher, the history of Armenians in Egypt dates
back to the age of the Roman Empire, but the time when Armenians
started flooding into Egypt and had their own quarters, schools and
churches was during the Fatimid Islamic period.

Abul-Farag Bin Nekula the Armenian was the father of a family that
had gained much power, whose members reached high positions in the
Egyptian civil service, and even ruled Egypt for some time.

The father started as a banker, and later became a minister. Despite
the Christian origins of Armenians, many converted to Islam retaining
only their surnames. The stories continue until the last mention of
the family, after five generations in the civil service, close to
royal power.