Patriarch Cyrus Alexandaria dan Muslim Conquest

Satu lagi nama yang dipetik dari buku The Silk Road page 86 adalah Patriarch Cyrus. Beliau merupakan seorang tokoh Kristian Alexandria, Mesir.

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Patriarch Cyrus of Alexandria was a key, controversial figure during the Muslim conquest of Egypt (639-642 CE), serving as Byzantine Prefect and Patriarch who, after initial resistance, negotiated Alexandria's surrender to Amr ibn al-As in 641, ceding Egypt for tribute (Jizya) and religious freedom, a pragmatic move that saved lives but earned him condemnation from Byzantium as a coward, though his theological role in Monothelitism also fractured local Christian unity, aiding the conquest. 

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