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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 suburb of Fustat, (-5[1])a previous capital (-5[1])which was absorbed by this city. An epithet of Fatima, (-5[1])which calls her “the luminous,” names this city’s Al-Azhar university. (10[1])After the fall of Baghdad, the Abbasid Caliphate was restored in this city under the Mamluk Sultanate. (10[1])The Ayyubid dynasty was founded in this city by Saladin (-5[1])after the fall (-5[1])of the Fatimid Caliphate. For 10 points, name this capital city of modern (10[1])Egypt. (10[1]) (10[4])■END■

ANSWER: Cairo [accept Al-Qahirah, prompt on Fustat before mention]
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY10100%0%20%85.10
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%63%98.50
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY1100%0%100%108.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1292%0%50%93.73
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%11%98.00
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%20%81.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%0%84.13
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%56%88.89

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Daniel Huang (DII)Michigan C Ohio State B (DII) 40-5
Jacob Goodson (DII)Ohio State A (UG) Michigan B (UG)43-5
Brady Hagan (DII)Ohio State C (DII) CWRU B (DII) 53-5
Rachel Fanous (DII)Michigan A (UG) West Virginia B (UG) 6310
Oliver Thompson (DII)CWRU C (UG)Michigan D (UG)8010
Nathan Wodicka (UG)Miami B (UG) West Virginia A (UG) 90-5
Beckett Gilmore (DII)Jefferson County Scholars (DII)CWRU A (UG) 93-5
Daniel Luebs (DII)Michigan State B Miami C (DII) 10610
Anthony Yin (DII)CWRU B (DII) Ohio State C (DII) 10710
Alan Lee (UG)CWRU A (UG) Jefferson County Scholars (DII)10810
Leo Tao (UG)Michigan B (UG)Ohio State A (UG) 10810
Malcolm D'Souza (DII)Ohio State B (DII) Michigan C 10810
Venkat Das (DII)West Virginia A (UG) Miami B (UG) 10810