Sunday, May 1, 2011

Perhaps the Greatest and Purest Collection of Literary Heritage in Existence






The Late Sir Steven Runciman, Royal Crown Historian and Chief Archivist of the British   Imperial Archives; perhaps the Most Eminent Historian of the 20th century, was Chair-Master (Chairman of the Department) of History at both Oxford and Cambridge simultaneously, and the only Professor of history to have occupied this most eminent of academic ranks in the entire history of the two great rival universities.


Sir Steven Visited دار الكتب, (literally, The House of Books) in Cairo, in 1968 and described it as, "Perhaps the Greatest and Purest Collection of Literature of Modern Human Heritage in Existence."


His visit was in response to an invitation  by the Egyptian ministry of culture and information to examine its condition and consult on its restoration and the introduction of modern archival science and technology to it ... He didn't waste one minute and got to work immediately.


He laid down a restoration plan, and, seeing that it was a priceless literary wealth for humanity, he called for the immediate government decree to place it under "State Eminent Domain" ... That is to prohibit by the force of law any attempt to tamper with, or remove any of its contents for any reason, purpose or guise without joint government and public supervision, and only for the purpose of restoration, improvement or development of its archival systems and buildings. 


At the time, Egypt was at war with the Sons of Zion (بنى صهيون) and all resources were being funneled to the war budget, so the project was shelved unnecessarily when it could have been protected pending securing the necessary restoration funds which, the UNICEF was happy to front.  Unfortunately, the nation had  very serious national security issues on its hands that had diverted its attention away from the project. 


In 1971 the great Late Nasser of Egypt died, and was succeeded by his vice president, Anwar Al Sadat, a much lesser figure in leadership and human qualities.... His wife, Jihanne Ra'Oof Al Sadat was entrusted with some domestic projects including The House of Books "دار الكتب" but she failed miserably in everything she placed her hands on with the exception of diluting the moral fortitude of the Egyptian society.


Anwar Al Sadat was dispatched to his maker by members of a persecuted Islamic group, and was succeeded by his vice president whom we now know as the “Ousted Dictator” and his greedy thieving wife that we now know as “Suzette Antoinette.”


Suzette Antoinette stood accused of selling priceless contents of the House of Books "دار الكتب" to some unscrupulous shadowy characters from Arabia more than a decade ago; a scandal that had led to the revival of Sir Steven's  restoration project.


Now, The House of Books "دار الكتب" has been partially, but not professionally, restored. Yet, despite its United Nation's status as a preeminent  cultural center, and when the libraries of the greatest Universities of the world offer glimpse of its literary treasures in the form of catalogs and references, it is almost unknown to most Egyptians. 


Much like The House of Books "دار الكتب", Sir Steven  was ignored by the culture that he had championed. Sir Steven, who died in  late 2000 and was mourned by every great university and academic institution on Earth, including Zionist entities, even though he himself was anti-Zionist, was unknown in the Arab world ........


He was the great historian who, having laid his eyes on the authentic history of the crusades in the House of Books, literally leaped in the air at age 71 out of exuberance, and said, "Now the truth shall finally see daylight." ... 


He spent ten years journeying between Cairo, London, Oxford and Cambridge exerting supreme scholastic effort and influence, and wrote his monumental  "A History of the Crusades." ...A gigantic three volume work of 1800 page each, narrating the barbaric history of the European crusading campaigns in the East under the guise of liberating the Holy Land from the "savage muslims." ... 


This work stands now as the greatest narrative of the barbaric crusading campaigns ever written by a scholar of western thought. It is a testament to how the ugly face of barbarism could be unveiled by an honest scholar and historian once given the opportunity.


Sir Steven established the "Salah Eddean" Chair in the department of history at Cambridge University which, became the most prestigious academic chair in the department  of the humanities of all British Universities, and occupied only by the greatest of academicians  who must receive at least 70% of the commendations and vote of confidence from their peers to become candidates for the post.


With the death of Sir Steven  in November of 2000, the Zionist Jews of Cambridge conspired by bribes and monetary influence to have the chair name withdrawn and replaced by the name sake of a Jew historian.

Not one Arabic University, Not One Arabic News Publication, and Not One Arabic News Media ever mentioned Sir Steven Runciman, the man who honored Salah Eddean so much so that he re-opened the entire history of the Crusades and re-examined it to show his own people how great Islam was vs. the barbaric wanton criminal atrocities perpetrated by those who called themselves Christians.