Mawhub ibn Mansur Mufarrij
Mawhub ibn Mansur Mufarrij
was a layman who came from a prominent Coptic family in Alexandria. He was a continuator of the
History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria
by
Sawirus (Severus) ibn al-Muqaffa
and the first continuator to write exclusively in Arabic. (
Claremont Coptic Encyclopedia
).