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Which caliphate did Saladin abolish?

  • Fatimid

  • Abbasid

  • Umayyad

  • Ottoman

Answer

Saladin abolished the Fatimid Caliphate, an Isma'ili Shia Muslim caliphate based in Cairo, and realigned Egypt with the Sunni Abbasid Caliphate based in Baghdad.
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