Who is the Pharaoh living in the same age as Hz. Yusuf (Joseph)?

- I want to ask a question as person who is keen on the history of ancient Egypt. I have searched, but I have not been able to find a very reliable result. I have read some things that are contrary to the religion of Islam. I wonder who is the ruler living in the same age as Yusuf (who is mentioned as Pharaoh in the Quran).

-How can people who write everything like the Egyptians not mention Hz. Yusuf and the incidents of his time. For example, the king sees a dream; Hz. Yusuf interprets it and says there will be a famine followed by abundance. If there had been a famine, I think they would have definitely recorded it.

Dear Brother / Sister,

- It should not be forgotten that the most important source of history about the prophets sent to Sons of Israel is the Torah (the Old Testament). The life story of Hz. Yusuf (Joseph) is narrated – in way that is similar to the one in the Quran – there.

As a result of the research done for years, the view that the same people are mentioned in both resources has been accepted though the names mentioned in the history of Egypt and in the resources about Sons of Israel are different.

Many history researchers hold the view that Imhotep is the same person as Yusuf mentioned in the history of Egypt. [He is also mentioned as Zaphenath-Paneah/ “Then Pharaoh named Joseph Zaphenath-paneah (Savior of the World)" -Genesis, 4l: 40-45]

History also mentions Imhotep's buildings. It is said that the king at the time of Hz. Yusuf was "King Djoser". It is mentioned as a historical record that famine took place in the 18^th year of Djoser's kingdom. The Djoser's Pyramid in the desert was the first pyramid and it was built by Imhotep. People bought cereals from a pyramid located among the other pyramids connected to one another during the time of famine; it is interesting that there are still remains of cereals in the pyramids. It is possible to walk in the cereal silos today.   

According to what is mentioned in the Bible, Hz. Yusuf said, "Take my bones to Israel." It is interesting that Imhotep's body could never be found in Egypt.

According to the experts of archelogy, the grave of Hz. Yusuf is located in Palestine today and can be visited as a place of worship. (Mary Nell Wyatt, Joseph in Ancient Egyptian History)

There are symbols related to the years of famine in a historical coin found on September 24, 2009, and that historical coin is displayed in the Egypt museum today.  (The Middle East Media Research Institute: http://www.memri.org/report/en/o/0/0/0/0/0/3663.htm)

- In the Islamic resources, the name of the king of that day is “al-Walid b. ar-Rayyan”. (see al-Maraghi, the interpretation of Yusuf 54-55; according to some, it is “ar-Reyyan. see Razi, the interpretation of the verses in question)

According to some other information, Hz. Yusuf lived in that period (1500 BC). His name was Yuzarsif in the Egyptian language. Hz. Yusuf came to the palace as a slave during the reign of Amenhotep III and became the head counsellor of the king and the prime minister of Egypt during the reign of Amenhotep IV. Amenhotep IV followed Hz. Yusuf and believed in one Allah; he got the name Akhenaton. Akhenaton means believer in one Allah. Nefertiti was also among the believers in Allah.

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