A black Abyssinian commissioner presiding over Arab dignitaries shocked young Mubarak
Evidence
I looked at him and saw that he was black, Abyssinian, as if he were a Mamluk’s slave. Yet he was both magnanimous and dignified. I saw how the shaykhs and judges of the area stood before him, and how he counseled them. I stayed around until they had gone, and then entered his chamber and kissed his hand. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 255 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: A black high-ranking official shocked young Mubärak’s racial expectations; A black Abyssinian official commanded deference from powerful Egyptian shaykhs. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 255; A dark-skinned official’s high rank shocked a young Egyptian’s racial hierarchy
Related
- A black high-ranking official shocked young Mubärak’s racial expectations (similarity 0.97)
- A black Abyssinian official commanded deference from powerful Egyptian shaykhs. (similarity 0.95)
- A dark-skinned official’s high rank shocked a young Egyptian’s racial hierarchy (similarity 0.94)
- Nineteenth-century rural Egyptians equated high office exclusively with Turkishness, not blackness (similarity 0.86)
- A dark-skinned high official’s rank shattered Mubarak’s racial hierarchy assumptions (similarity 0.84)
- Mubarak was deeply disturbed by a black African holding high office. (similarity 0.83)
- A village boy’s worldview equated racial blackness with slavery’s limits until shown otherwise (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- A black Abyssinian official commanded deference from powerful Egyptian shaykhs.
#corroborates(0.90) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 255 - A dark-skinned official’s high rank shocked a young Egyptian’s racial hierarchy
#corroborates(0.85)