a priest at the same monastery and then was assigned to serve at the Church of the Holy Virgin Mary and St Damiana, known as the Hanging Church in Coptic Cairo (كنيسة العذراء المعروفة بالمعلقة). Finally, he became the 84th Patriarch on 5 September 1348 AD. The entire period from the seventh century to the nineteenth century was a period of continual persecution of the Egyptian Church at the hands of various Muslim rulers. This would be punctured with short periods of peace in which the persecution would temporarily drop in intensity. A persecution arose in the later days of Al-Sultan Hassan Al-Nasser [Sultan Nasser Hassan Ben Mohamed (first time, 1347-1351 AD) - السلطان حسن]. The Spaniards had requested the reopening of the Melkite churches (which were closed at the time) and requested the release of a Spanish prisoner. After the Sultan had agreed to the requests, he came back and demanded a large ransom for the prisoner, and Spain rejected the request. A dispute arose. Somehow, the Copts bore the afflictions of this dispute, and a persecution ensued. This persecution was cut short by the death of Al-Sultan Hassan Al-Nasser in 1351 AD. He was succeeded by his son the second good and did not carry the attributes of his name anything. It was strange that, amid this, the persecution was clear. They arrested a Coptic man who came from the countryside to Cairo. He called on his brothers to keep faith, and rebuked the men and tortured him for a week. Then they cut off his head and burned his body on the road. The non-Copts have suffered from plague and Copts have suffered persecution and plague. When Al-Sultan Al-Saleh II [Sultan Salah Eddin Saleh Ben Mohamed - (1351-1354 AD) - الصالح حسن بن ناصر الناصر] took over the throne in 1351 AD (1068 AM, 752 AH), matters took a turn for the worse. Matters were further complicated when the Plague struck Egypt in impunity in 1353 AD (1069 AM, 754 AH). The plague ruined most of the Egyptian villages. In 1354 AD (1071 AM, towards the beginning of the year 755 AH), the Muslims raised detailed reports of the Christian property that belonged to the Coptic monasteries. These reports were transmitted to the Diwan of Ahbash (ديوان الأحباش). Prince Shikho, Prince Sarghatmesh, and Prince Taz were presented with these reports. They were in charge of the government