dayr al-jawli. The village of al-Jawli is to the south of Manfalut. To the south of the village, then called al-Jawiliyyah, al-maqrizi (1853, Vol. 2, p. 506) situated a monastery dedicated to Saint Mercurius. J. vansleb also knew it but reduced it to a church (1677, p. 361; 1678, p. 217). S. Clarke noted under the name al-Jawli a church dedicated to Saint Mercurius, whose nickname was Abu al-Sayfayn (1912, p. 209, no. 8). O. Meinardus described the present state of this Dayr Abu al-Sayfayn (1965, p. 276; 1977, p. 385). The church, which is all that survives, has been reconstructed on the plan of the old one. The monastery was also mentioned by the hegumenos ‘abd al-masih salib al-masu‘DI (1924, p.
167).