I-Assiut yidolophu encinci, egciniweyo, ezolileyo yabakhenkethi e-Egypt enezinto ezimbalwa ezinomtsalane zasemva kwe-Pharaonic ezifumana ingqalelo yabakhenkethi. Okokuqala, i-Al Muharraq Monastery kufutshane nentshona yeQusqam, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-50 kumantla ntshona e-Assiut, yindawo yeemonki eziphakamileyo eziimitha ezili-12 eyakhiwe nguAnba Pachoimous ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane.
Ibandakanya eyona cawa indala yangcwaliswa kwihlabathi lamaKristu ngo-38 AD (kunye nenqaba eyakhiwa kamva nguKumkani uXenon ngo-474 AD), ilandelwa yiCawe yaseMar Girgis eyakhiwa ngo-1898 kwaye kamva, iBandla leVirgin elingcwele elakhiwa ngoMatshi. 1960. Kukholelwa ukuba usapho olungcwele lwandwendwela le ndawo kangangeenyanga ezintandathu kunye neentsuku ezili-10 emva kokubaleka ePalestina kwindlela eya eYiputa.
Ngelishwa, mva nje uthotho lweengxelo eziphazamisayo malunga neengxabano phakathi kweemonki ezivela kwi-al-Muharraq Monastery kunye nosapho oluhlala eHalim Pasha Dus villa luchaphazele ukhenketho kule ndawo. Olu ngquzulwano luphenjelelwe ziingxabano malunga nobunini bepropathi yabucala. NgokukaMamdouh Thabit we-Al Mis al Youm, ungquzulwano lwenzeke emva kwendibano encinci efihlakeleyo yeemonki ezimalunga nama-25 kwigadi yendlu kaDus. Babebanga ukubuyiselwa kwepropathi njengesipho kwikhaya loonongendi. Iimonki zagxeka ukusabela kakubi kwamapolisa. Kwicala labo, amalungu osapho lwabahlali aqinisekisile ukuba bane-villa ukusukela ngo-1942, bexhasa ibango labo ngamandla ngamaxwebhu.
Ngokuchaseneyo noko, uBawo uPachoimous, unobhala wekhaya leemonki, uqinisekisile isizathu sokuba intlanganiso eyimfihlo yeemonki kukukhusela iminikelo yeemonki usapho olufuna ukuyibamba ngamaxwebhu omgunyathi. Umfundisi uveza ukuba imonki inamaxwebhu/itayitile yobunini kwaye iyawazi awona maqela adala umsantsa onjalo onokuthi ube mandundu xa ungasonjululwa kwamsinya, utshilo uThabit.
Ngaphandle kwendawo ekucingelwa ukuba iyindawo yonqulo noxolo lwangaphakathi, iAl-Muharraq Monastery ibonakala iqalekisiwe ngogonyamelo lwamahlelo kwaye inomthwalo wemiba yokwahlukana ngokwenkolo. Kungekudala, uTata uPhiloxenos we-Al-Muharraq Monastery wathi amaKristu akufuneki atyelele iYerusalem ngaphandle kwabazalwana bawo abangamaSilamsi. Ngoko wongeza i-Al-Muharraq Monastery lukhetho lwesibini lwabahambi ngezonqulo. Wathi oku kuchaza isizathu sokuba iindonga zayo zakhiwe ngendlela efanayo neendonga zeYerusalem. Uluvo olusemthethweni lweCawe yamaCopt Orthodox kukuba uhambo oluya kwiMonastery yeAl-Muharraq Monastery lulingana nohambo oluya eYerusalem.
Unqulo lusoloko lubonakala lutsala umsantsa phakathi kwabantu abakwilali encinci yabakhenkethi yaseAssiut namanye amaqela. Nangona kunjalo, kukho ulwahlulo lwamaCopt kunye namaSilamsi okubonakala ngathi lufifi phakathi - ngethamsanqa. La makholwa ahlala kunye kule lali.
Ngaphandle kweempawu zeCoptic zedolophu, i-Assiut inamanqaku amaninzi amaSilamsi abandakanya i-Al Farrgal Mosque yase-Abu Tig, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-27 kumazantsi esixeko. Yenye yezona mosque zibalaseleyo eUpper Egypt. I-Al Farrgal ibonakaliswe ngama-minarets amabini kunye nengcwaba lika-Mohamed Al Farrgal, omnye wamanani ahamba phambili ehlabathi lamaSilamsi. Kwisitalato iAl Thawra kumi iZiko leFouad elasekwa nguKumkani waseJiphutha uFouad.
Yaqala ukwakhiwa ngo-1928 yaza yaphehlelelwa ngo-1938 bubukhosi, isakhiwo sesitayile samaSilamsi sibamba abafundi abanobuchule bomthetho kwi-Islam kunye nesayensi. Kwilali yaseDashlout, iDairout ilele kwiMosque yase-Abu Al Oyoon, i-7k km kumntla-ntshona we-Assiut. Ngoyilo oluntsonkothileyo, i-mosque igcina ingcwaba likaSheikh Ibrahim Abu Al Oyoon, umzukulwana ka-Ibrahim Abu Al Oyoon Al Sharif Al Magrabi owavela eMorocco waya eYiputa ngo-1926 AD. Ekugqibeleni, i-Al Mugahedeen Mosque yasekwa e-Assiut ngeentsuku ze-Ottoman malunga ne-1706 AD, ilitye lesikhumbuzo elasekwa ngu-Mohamed Bey, elakhiwe ngoyilo olwahlukileyo lwe-Ottoman, kunye ne-minaret ephezulu kakhulu, ehonjiswe ngokutyebileyo kwifashoni ye-Mamlouk eqhelekileyo.
Xa ilizwe lamaSilamsi ligxile kwiHajj kunye ne-Umrah, abahambi ngezonqulo bahamba ngokufumana ukhetho lokukhenketha kwe-post-Mecca kule ndawo inqabileyo yase-Egypt efana ne-Assiut.
Ngeli xesha, amaCopts asokola ngeendaba malunga nokungquzulana phakathi kwabanini bepropathi eqhelekileyo kunye namadoda ekumele ukuba asasaza uxolo e-Assiut.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- It includes the oldest church consecrated in the Christian world in the 38 AD (with the fort built later by King Xenon in 474 AD), followed by the Church of Mar Girgis built in 1898 and later, the Church of the Holy Virgin built in March 1960.
- Finally, the Al Mugahedeen Mosque established in Assiut in the Ottoman days circa 1706 AD, is the monument founded by Mohamed Bey, built in a distinct Ottoman design, with a very high, richly-decorated minaret in typical Mamlouk fashion.
- For one, the Al Muharraq Monastery near the western side of Qusqam, some 50 kilometers northwest of Assiut, is a 12-meter-high fortressed monastery built by Anba Pachoimous at the beginning of the century.
