Round 5: Tossup 13

A fortress-like mosque often named for a member of this dynasty, the Lulua Mosque, was restored by the Dawoodi Bohras. The Armenian general Badr al-Jamali was summoned to support this dynasty’s ruler al-Mustansir during the last regional famine cataloged by [emphasize] later historian al-Maqrizi. Caliph al-Qadir wrote the Baghdad Manifesto against this dynasty. Under al-Mu’izz, this dynasty moved its capital from Mahdia in its homeland of Ifriqiya. (10[1])A ruler of this polity who mysteriously disappeared into the night, Al-Hakim, received the epithet (10[1])“the Mad Caliph” for his religious intolerance. This dynasty founded al-Azhar University and replaced Fustat (10[1])as the capital of Islamic Egypt. For 10 points, what Shia caliphate preceded Saladin’s Ayyubids (10[1])in Egypt and was named for a daughter of Muhammad? ■END■ (10[5])

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