Round 7: 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 (10[1])al-Mustansir during the last regional famine cataloged by [emphasize] later (10[1])historian al-Maqrizi. Caliph (-5[1])al-Qadir wrote the Baghdad Manifesto against this dynasty. Under al-Mu’izz, this dynasty moved its capital (10[1])from Mahdia in its homeland of Ifriqiya. A ruler of this polity who mysteriously disappeared into the night, Al-Hakim, received the epithet “the Mad Caliph” (-5[1])for his religious intolerance. This dynasty founded al-Azhar University and replaced Fustat as the capital of Islamic Egypt. For 10 points, (10[1])what Shia caliphate preceded (10[2])Saladin’s Ayyubids in Egypt (10[1])and was named for a daughter (10[1])of Muhammad? (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[2])

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