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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, Maimonides wrote the Mishneh Torah in this city’s (10[1])suburb (-5[1])of Fustat, a previous (10[1])capital 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 of Baghdad, the Abbasid Caliphate was restored in this city under the Mamluk Sultanate. (10[2])The Ayyubid dynasty (10[1])was founded in this city by Saladin after the fall of the Fatimid (-5[1])Caliphate. (10[1])For 10 points, name this capital city of modern Egypt. (10[4])■END■

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