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Abu al-Misk Kafur
Ethiopian vizier of Ikhshidid Egypt
Years: 905 - 968
Abu al-Misk Kafur (905–968), also called al-Laithi, al-Suri, al-Labi is a dominant personality of Ikhshidid Egypt and Syria.
Originally a black slave from Ethiopia, he is promoted as vizier of Egypt, becoming its de facto ruler (from 946).
After the death of his master, Muhammad bin Tughj, Kafur succeeds the latter to become the de jure ruler of the Ikshidid domains, Egypt and southern Syria (including Damascus), until his death in 968.
