Round 3: Tossup 8

In a survey of this state, al-Sakhāwi found a 30-percent divorce rate and that a third of women in it married at least twice. This was the [emphasize] first state to provide services via public fountains attached to public schools, the sabīl-kuttāb (“suh-BEEL koo-TAHB”) design. This state organized refugees into the wāfidīyya (“WAH-fih-DEE-ya”) force, but restricted its main army to the awlād al-nās (“ow-LAD un-NAHS”) and graduates of the kharj ceremony. The historian al-Maqrīzī lived under this state, which saw the peak (-5[1])of production of furūsīyya (“foo-ROO-see-yah”) chivalric literature. (10[2])This state’s (10[1])Kipchak founders were based in barracks on Roḍa Island (10[1])and (-5[1])sheltered the (10[1])surviving ‘Abbāsid caliphs (10[2])after the Sack (10[1]-5[1])of (10[1])Baghdād. (10[1])This state was divided into Baḥrī and Burjī (10[1])periods (10[1])and defeated (10[1])the Ilkhāns at ‘Ayn Jālūt. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])the (10[1])Ayyūbids (10[1])preceded what Egyptian Sultanate founded by slave-soldiers? ■END■ (10[3])

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