Yacoub Artin Explained

Yacoub Artin (15 April 1842 – 21 January 1919) was an ethnic Armenian educator and scholar working in Egypt.^[1]

He was of Armenian descent, working for the Ministry of Public Education in 1888. It was noted in a period newspaper that he was one of many "non-Muslim" Egyptians working for the government at the time, a source of irritation among a segment of the population.^[2] He was an Armenian Orthodox Christian, and once more in 1895 it was noted that a "non-Muslim" was in charge of education for a population that was predominately Muslim.^[3]

Works

• La proprieté foncière en Égypte, Cairo, 1883. Translated by Edward Abbott van Dyck as The right of landed property in Egypt, London, 1885.
• L'instruction publique en Egypte, Paris, 1890.
• (tr.) Contes populaires inédits de la vallée du Nil, Paris, 1895.
• Contribution à l'étude du blason en Orient, London, 1902.
• England in the Sudan, London: Macmillan, 1911. Translated from French by George Robb.

Notes and References

1. Book: Goldschmidt Jr., Arthur. Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt. 26 March 2013. 2000. Lynne Rienner Publishers. 978-1-55587-229-8. 25.
2. News: fr . Farès . Selim . January 16, 1888 . Déclin du prestige britannique dans les pays d'Orient . Journal des débats politiques et littéraires . Paris . October 29, 2019 .
3. News: fr . Chotteau . Alph. . September 8, 1895. L'intolérance des Anglais en Egypte . La Revue diplomatique : politique, littérature, finances, commerce international . Paris . October 29, 2019 .