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. A ruler of this (10[1])polity who mysteriously disappeared into the night, (10[3])Al-Hakim, received the epithet “the Mad Caliph” for his religious intolerance. (-5[1])This dynasty founded al-Azhar University and replaced Fustat as the capital of Islamic (10[1])Egypt. For 10 points, what Shia caliphate preceded Saladin’s (-5[1])Ayyubids in Egypt and was named for a daughter of Muhammad? ■END■ (10[3]0[1])

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