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In the late 900s in Egypt, a concubine of the #Fatimid caliph al-Aziz (and known to us only as "al-Aziz's lady," al-Sayyida al-Aziziyya) was a #Melkite Christian who persuaded the caliph to appoint an Christian as vizier (highest ranking civilian office) in Egypt. One of her brothers became Patriarch of Jerusalem, another (Melkite) Patriarch of Alexandria.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitt_al-Mulk#Family_and_early_life