Packet 4: Bonus 5

The traditional bread pudding Om Ali is named after a woman who legendarily ordered its invention to celebrate this ruler being beaten to death with clogs. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this ruler who pretended to be as-Salih Ayyub for a short period after his death. This ruler negotiated the release of Louis IX shortly after ordering the assassination of Turanshah.
ANSWER: Shajar al-Durr [or Shajarat al-Durr; or al-Malika ʿAṣmat ad-Dīn ʾUmm-Khalīl Shajar ad-Durr; prompt on Shajar or al-Durr]
[10e] Shajar al-Durr was the first ruler of these people who governed Egypt after the Ayyubid dynasty. These people’s Burji dynasty were the descendants of Circassian slaves.
ANSWER: Mamluks [accept the Mamluk Sultanate or Salṭanat al-Mamālīk]
[10m] This other state’s Mamluk dynasty included the queen Razia Sultana. Razia was overthrown due to her close relationship with the Siddi Jamal-ud-Din Yaqut, who was himself a former slave.
ANSWER: Delhi Sultanate [or the Sultanate of Delhi; or Salṭanat-i-Dihlī]
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