Round 9: Tossup 6

It’s not a flag, but one of these objects found at the Topkapi palace may be a forgery because of the word order “God, apostle, Muhammad” instead of “Muhammad, apostle, God.” During the end times, a creature that emerges from the hills of Safa carrying the staff of Musa and one of these objects will use it to mark the noses of disbelievers. Muhammad describes himself as a missing house brick in a hadith that references his title as this type of object. The Beast of the Earth will carry one of these objects that Solomon had once used to command the djinn. (10[1])A phrase referring to Muhammad as this type of object “of the Prophets” references his status as the last of them. For 10 points, many Muslims used carnelians to set what objects used to impress a wax emblem into official correspondences? (10[1]) ■END■

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