Question
The Volga-Bulgar poet Qol Ghali wrote a poem about these two people in the Old Tatar language, which came to be used as a textbook. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these two people. Authors throughout the Islamic world have written mystical poetry based on a story in the Qur’an where third parties examine a ripped shirt to determine which of these two people seduced the other.
ANSWER: Yusuf AND Zulaikha [accept answers in either order; accept Joseph in place of “Yusuf” and “Potiphar’s wife” in place of “Zulaikha”]
[10m] The most famous adaptation of the Yusuf and Zulaikha story is a Sufi interpretation by Jami written in this poetic form. Another Sufi poem in this form begins with a reed flute “telling a tale of separations.”
ANSWER: masnavi [or mathnawi; prompt on couplets or Spiritual Couplets]
[10e] Jami wrote his version of Yusuf and Zulaikha in this language. Rumi’s Masnavi was also written in this language.
ANSWER: Persian [or Farsi]
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 33% | 67% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 33% | 33% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 2023 BHSU Online | 04/15/2023 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 50% | 25% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
Data
| meet the new weird, same as the old weird | Columbia B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft | UG Championship Players (and Mazin) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Olmo (Bonus) Bagelry | Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |