– Al-Adil, Caliph Al-Zafir’s vizier, arrested the Pope because he refused to ordain another Metropolitan to Ethiopia instead of the current one. Talaee Ibn Ruzzik, Caliph Al-Faiz’s vizier, hated the Christians and ordered that their turbans should how locks of hair
– During the rule of Asad Al-Din Shirkuh, Caliph Al-Aadid’s Vizier, Copts were captured, killed, and sold
– During that time, St. Bashnona, who was a monk in the St. Makarious Monastery, was martyred and body burned when he refused to convert to Islam
– The Fatimid state was weak in its late days. Security was weak and violence increased especially towards Copts
