Packet 6: Bonus 18

The Báb’s first convert, Mullá Husayn, revived this symbol before his death at Tabarsi. For 10 points each:
[10m] Identify this symbol adopted by Abu Muslim during the Abbasid Revolution. It was inspired by hadiths that describe armies marching from Khorasan, ready to obey the Mahdi.
ANSWER: black flag [accept descriptions of a flag that is all black; accept black livery or black raiment; accept Black Banner, Black Standard, or ar-rāyat as-sawdā; accept Banner of the Eagle or rāyat al-‘uqāb; prompt on rāyat, flag, banner, or standard]
[10h] Al-Ma’mun changed the Abbasid livery to green when he made Shia imam Ali al-Rida his heir, but was again using black banners by this period. This inquisition with an Arabic name persecuted opponents of Mu’tazilism.
ANSWER: mihna [or the miḥna khalq al-qur’ān]
[10e] The Ottomans captured the Sancak-ı Şerif (“san-JAHK-uh shay-REEF”), said to be Muhammad’s own black banner, from the Mamluks; by the 18th century, it was almost entirely used to rally the population of Istanbul against these unruly slave soldiers.
ANSWER: janissaries [or janissary]
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HeardPPBE %M %H %
1616.8894%56%19%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Columbia BBruin001010E
GeorgetownBrown001010E
Georgia Tech AJohns Hopkins001010E
Georgia Tech BRutgers001010E
HarvardMaryland A001010E
IndianaStanford A1001020ME
MITToronto B1010020MH
MichiganPenn State1001020ME
NYU AChicago A10101030MHE
TexasPittsburgh001010E
Toronto AColumbia A1001020ME
UC Berkeley AUC Berkeley B10101030MHE
UCLAGeorgia Tech C001010E
VanderbiltCambridge1001020ME
Virginia TechNorthwestern A1001020ME
WashUIllinois A1001020ME

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Main Site2026-04-17✓1616.8894%56%19%