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One man with this name names a denomination that spawned the interfaith Satpanth (“SAT-punuth”) movement and has built “centers” worldwide as modern versions of meeting places called jamatkhanas. Another man with this name fathered Kedar, the namesake of a tribe of archers, and Nebaioth, who may be linked to the Nabataeans, among his 12 sons. A son of Jafar ibn (-5[1])Sadiq with this name names (10[1])a denomination whose largest branch is the Nizaris, led (-5[1])by the Aga Khan, (10[1])and which isare (10[1])commonly contrasted with Twelver Shi’as. (10[1])According to both the Hebrew Bible and Islam, another man with this name became the forefather of the Arabs after he and his mother, a handmaiden, fled into the desert. For 10 points, give this name of the child of Hagar and Abraham. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Isma’il [or Ishmael; accept Ismailism or Ismaili Centers; accept Isma’il ibn Jafar; prompt on Abu Mansur Nizar ibn al-Mustansir or Nizari Ismailism until “Nizaris” is read by asking “Nizaris are part of a larger denomination named for what man?”]
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Dwight SolanoTexas A&M BAppalachian State58-5
Deepak MuthyalaTexas A&M AUW A6310
Anton AkroushMichigan State AUBC A72-5
Chinmay MurthyTexas ARice A7610
Cormac BeirneSorbonneIowa B7910
Roan DowlingIowa AClaremont A8410
Cameron WilliamsAppalachian StateTexas A&M B12810
William DawsonUBC AMichigan State A12810