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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 which was absorbed by this city. (10[2])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 (-5[1])restored in this city under (-5[1])the (-5[1])Mamluk Sultanate. (10[1]0[1])The Ayyubid dynasty was founded in this (-5[2])city by Saladin after the fall of the Fatimid Caliphate. For 10 points, (10[1])name this capital city of modern Egypt. (10[3]) (10[4])■END■

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