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Antiquarians built Qutb ud-Din Aibak’s tomb in this city, where he founded the Delhi Sultanate 20 years after its 1186 siege by Muhammad of Ghōr ended Ghaznavid rule. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this city whose tombs of Anarkali and Jahangir were plundered by Ranjit Singh, who made it the Sikh Empire’s capital. Maḥmūd of Ghazni occupied a precursor of this walled city’s Mughal fort.
ANSWER: Lahore [or variants of Lahāwar or Rahwar or Lawhūr; accept Lahore Fort; accept Siege of Lahore]
[10h] A tomb in Lahore inters an enslaved governor of this name, whom Islamicate poets idealized as Maḥmūd of Ghazni’s beloved. A Mamluk admiral of this name fortified Diu and won the Battle of Chaul for Gujarat.
ANSWER: Malik Ayaz [or Malik Ayyaz; accept Meliqueaz; accept Ahmed Ayaz or Malik Ahmed Ayaz; prompt on Malik]
[10e] Lord Ellenborough used the 1026 sack of Gujarat’s Somnath (“SOHM-not”) temple as a pretext to move the gates of Maḥmūd of Ghazni’s tomb to this city’s fort. This city houses the tombs of Akbar and Mumtaz Mahal.
ANSWER: Agra [accept Agra Fort; accept Sikandra] (The Taj Mahal is Mumtaz Mahal’s tomb.)
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
Berkeley BKentucky001010
BrownOttawa001010
Chicago AArizona State1001020
Chicago BHarvard001010
Chicago DColumbia B001010
Cornell BGeorgia Tech001010
DukeJohns Hopkins1001020
IllinoisChicago C001010
IndianaIowa State1001020
MarylandTruman State001010
Minnesota AMcGill001010
North Carolina AFlorida1001020
NorthwesternYale B1001020
PennVanderbilt001010
PurdueStanford1001020
RutgersNYU001010
South CarolinaYale A001010
TexasWUSTL B1001020
Toronto AVirginia001010
Toronto BNorth Carolina B1001020
WUSTL AMinnesota B0000
WaterlooBerkeley A100010

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2024 ACF Nationals04/21/2024Y2213.1891%41%0%