Abu al-Misk Kafur
... that African slave Abu al-Misk Kafur’s rise to power in 946 as the ruler of Egypt and southern Syria is one of the first examples in Islamic history of a sovereign with the lowliest of origins?
... that <a class="mw-redirect" href="./African_slave" id="mwDxQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="African slave">African slave</a> <b id="mwDxU"><a href="./Abu_al-Misk_Kafur" id="mwDxY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Abu al-Misk Kafur">Abu al-Misk Kafur</a></b>’s rise to power in 946 as the ruler of <a class="mw-disambig" href="./Arab_Egypt" id="mwDxc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Arab Egypt">Egypt</a> and southern <a href="./Syria" id="mwDxg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syria">Syria</a> is one of the first examples in <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Islamic_history" id="mwDxk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Islamic history">Islamic history</a> of a sovereign with the lowliest of origins?