Muqawqis (Jurayj ibn Mina)

Al-Muqawqis, a title for the ruler of Egypt, like Kisrā for Persia and Najāshī for Abyssinia, whose personal name was Jurayj ibn Mīnā. When the Prophet ﷺ wrote to him calling him to Islam, he did not convert but responded politely, sending back gifts including cloth, the mule that became known as Duldul, and two Coptic sisters, Māriyah and Shīrīn. He did not himself embrace Islam. The Prophet ﷺ is reported to have remarked that his politeness had preserved his kingdom for a time, but that Allah would not let it endure, and Egypt was indeed brought into the Muslim lands within years of the Prophet's ﷺ death.