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One ruler who mysteriously disappeared from this city’s Mokattam hills left behind only a donkey and bloody garments, and was known as the “mad caliph.” After his exile from Andalusia, (-5[1])Maimonides wrote the Mishneh Torah in this city’s suburb of Fustat, a previous capital (10[2])which was absorbed by this city. An epithet of Fatima, which calls her “the luminous,” names this city’s Al-Azhar university. After the fall (10[1])of Baghdad, the Abbasid (-5[1])Caliphate was restored in this city (-5[1])under the (-5[1])Mamluk Sultanate. (-5[1])The Ayyubid dynasty was founded in this city by Saladin after the fall of the Fatimid Caliphate. For 10 points, name this capital city of modern Egypt. (10[6])■END■

ANSWER: Cairo [accept Al-Qahirah, prompt on Fustat before mention]
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