Medieval Indian History MCQs

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The 11th century Sufi saint, Khwaja Al Hujuiri ( also known as Data Ganj Baksh) was the author of the celebrated manual on  Sufism entitled “Kashful Mahjub”.

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Shah Nayamatullah Qadari was the founder of the Qadiriya order in India. Dara Sikhoh, the eldest of Shah Jahan, was a follower  of this order. Its areas of influence were Uttar Pradesh and Deccan. Miyan Mir was the most famous Sufi saint of Qadiriya order.

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Krishnadevaraya wrote Amuktamalyada, a Telugu devotional poem about Andal. It also contains advice on kingship and the welfare of subjects. Jambavati Kalyanam is a Sanskrit work associated with him.

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Parijatapaharanamu is a Telugu poem composed by Nandi Thimmana. It is based on a story from Harivamsam. The story is about love quarrel between Krishna and his consorts Rukmini and Satyabhama. The other notable work by Nandi Thimmana was Vanivilasam

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Saqi Mustaid Khan compiled Maasir-i-Alamgiri after Aurangzeb’s death in 1707. Based substantially on official records, it recounts events of Aurangzeb’s reign.

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The credit of establishing the Muslim rule in India goes to the Turks. The reason for their conquest of India lies in following
• They had assuming the leadership of Islam through conversion with more fanatical in their religious zeal
• Their sense of superiority of their race
• They had determination to propagate Islam
• They had believe in strength of their arms The Turks conquered a large part of western Asia and moving towards the east penetrated into India with Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni was the first to penetrate deep into India.

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The Iqta system was provided institutional status by Iltutmish. In the beginning, Iqta was based on salary, it did not become hereditary until the reign of Firoz Shah Tughlaq. Iqta system indeed became the mainstay of the sultanate administration under the slave dynasty.

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Ibn Batuta was a Moroccan traveller who came to India. His full name was Muhammad Ibn Batuta. He left an exclusive note on Tughlaq dynasty. These notes can be found in his travel memoir.

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Nicolo Conti was an Italian traveller. He was a merchant, explorer and writer. He visited Vijaynagar empire during the reign of Devaraya I, the ruler of Sangama dynasty. He travelled to India and Southeast Asia.

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Mahmud of Ghazni led as many as seventeen raids into North India between 1001-27 CE. His kingdom stretched from Khurasan (northeastern Iran) and Afghanistan to northern India, became the first Muslim empire of Afghanistan, with Ghazni as its capital.