Medieval Indian History MCQs

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Under Deccan sultanates, and the Maratha empire, the Patil was the village headman and the most important Vatandar of the village. His main duties were to be the collector of revenue, as well as being the head of police and justice.

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The statement was given at the death of Muhammad-bin-Tughlak as he made many decisions that disturbed the normal life of people.

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Muhammad Qazim was appointed Munshi by Aurangzeb in the first year of his reign and was later on commissioned by the emperor to complete the annals of his reign. After the eleventh year, up to which point Muhammad Qazim recorded his history, Aurangzeb forbade its continuation. On the manuscript being shown to Aurangzeb, he withdrew his permission for the preparation of this official history. Alamgirnama is a good detailed history of the first ten years of Aurangzeb’s reign from 1658 to 1668.

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The earliest attacks on India by Arabs happened around 636 AD [four years after death of Prophet Mohammadin 632AD] when two naval expeditions against Thana on the coast of Maharashtra and Broach (Bharuch) on the coast of Gujarat, had been repulsed by Indian rulers in the reign of Caliph Umar (AD 634-644). The attack on Thane was repulsed by forces of Chalukya king Pulkeshin-II.

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In the battle of Battle of Aror, Raja Dahir’s Wife Rani Bai fled to the fort of Rawar with 15,000 troops from where she challenged Muhammad Bin Qasim for the battle. Muhammad bin Qasim chased her to Rawar and ordered his miners to dig and demolish the walls of the fort until the bastions were thrown down. Rani Bai, however, finding herself encircled, surrendered and burnt herself along with other ladies.

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Ghaznavid dynasty was a dynasty founded by Sabuktigin, after death of his father in law Alp Tigin. This dynasty had Persian and Turkic Mamluk origin and had ruled from 977 AD to 1186 AD on Iran, Afghanistan and much of north-western Indian subcontinent. Sabuktigin or Subuktigin was father of Mahmud of Ghazni. Mamluk was an Arabic term for slaves and generally used to non-Muslim slave soldiers and Muslim rulers of slave origin.

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The Marathas appointed “Jasuds” for espionage or spying related work and “Harakaras” for acting as the messengers.

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According to the Wahabis, India under the British rule is “Dar-Ul-Harb” that means Land of the Kafirs. The Wahabis tried to make it Dar-Ul-Islam which means the Land of Islam.

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Vigraharja IV also known as Visaladeva, who ruled from 1150 C.E. to 1164 C.E.  was a Chahamana king of north-western India. He turned the Chahamana kingdom into an empire by subduing nearly all the neighboring kings. He conquered Delhi from the Tomara chief.

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The author of Tarikh-i-Muhammadi is Muhammad Bihamad Khani. This book provides valuable information on the rise of Islam in Arabia, the Prophet and Caliphs, Ummayads, Abbasids, Ghaznavids, Seljuqs, Sanjarids, Shansabanis of Ghazni and Ghur and the Shamsi sultans of Hind.