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In 1660, factions of this group destroyed two cities of the Old Yishuv (“yee-SHOOV”) after the death of their emir Mulhim, who leased silk farms to the Christian Khazen family. This group, whose 1838 revolt against Ibrāhīm Pasha was suppressed by Bashir Shihāb II, ran Buhturid tax farms until their Ma‘n dynasty took over as emirs of the Chouf. The Jumblatt clan of this group (10[1])massacred Deir al-Qamar’s (10[1])Christians in an 1860 civil war mediated by the Algerian (10[1])emir Abdelkader, after which they shared (10[1])a “dualistic” mutasarrifate. This group received an autonomous “jabal” (-5[1])in the French Mandate, where their (10[2])al-Atrash (10[1])clan (10[1])led the Hauran rebellion and Great Syrian Revolt. (10[1])This ethnoreligious group (10[1]-5[2])closed its “unitarian call” to convert under the Shī‘a (10[1])Fāṭimids. (10[1])For 10 points, Maronites divided (10[2])Mount Lebanon with what monotheists (10[1])symbolized by a colored (-5[1])star? (10[2])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: Druze [or al-Muwaḥḥidūn, durūz, darzī, or durzī; accept Jabal al-Druze or Jabal al-durūz; accept Druze Revolt; prompt on Arabs or ‘arab; prompt on Tanûkhids or Banū Tanūḫ] (The first line refers to the destruction of Tiberias and Safed.)
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Robert FreemanSouth CarolinaYale A9710
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William FosterChicago DColumbia B13610
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Ben SterlingYale BNorthwestern13610
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