Question

Al-Maghīlī “replied” to a series of seven “questions” posed by this ruler about the intersection of Islam and the state. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this ruler who founded a namesake West African dynasty after usurping the son of Sonni ‘Alī in 1493.
ANSWER: Askia Muḥammad [or Askia Muhammad I; or Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr Ture; prompt on Muḥammad; prompt on Askia dynasty]
[10e] Askia Muḥammad restored the prevalence of the Sankoré Madrasah in this city, where Mansa Mūsā earlier commissioned al-Sāḥili to design the Djinguereber Mosque.
ANSWER: Timbuktu [or Tombouctou]
[10h] Scholarship on the Songhai Empire and the reign of Askia Muḥammad is grounded in this historical account produced by the Kāti family, which forms the “Timbuktu Chronicles” with a “History of the Sudan” written by al-Sa‘dī.
ANSWER: Ta’rīkh al-fattāsh
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Duke AIllinois A100010
Georgia Tech BBrown A1010020
Ohio State AWUSTL B1010020
Rutgers AMinnesota A010010
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WUSTL APurdue A0000
Chicago AVanderbilt A1010020
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Michigan AFlorida B010010
Texas AUC Berkeley B010010
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Yale AColumbia A100010
Toronto AColumbia B10101030
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UC Berkeley AIowa State A010010
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Harvard AHouston A010010
North Carolina AVirginia A10101030