GMAT Critical Reasoning (CR) | According to local tradition, Sultan Abu ibn al-Hasan founded the East

this question turns out to be an explanation question. The word "argue" does not indicate a conclusion because there is no premise.
The word "support" refers to a mix question -> "support professor's position" and "however" gives an unique identification of the question: an explanation question that not only resolves the paradox, but also strengthens one outcome while weakening the other outcome

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