Medieval Indian History MCQs

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Futuhat-i-Firozshahi is a small brochure of thirty-two pages composed by Sultan Firuz Shah himself. The title of the book literally means victories of Firuz Shah. We know about Firuz Shah due to this brochure. He was 45 when he became the Sultan of Delhi in 1351. He ruled until 1388.

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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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“Kurja-Patti” or “Tasti-Patti” is referred to as one-year income of the taxpayers. It was levied from all landholders during the time of financial emergency.

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The acclaimed Arab scholar and scientist Alberuni was proficient in both Arabic and Persian.  He has been variously called the “founder of Indology”, “Father of Comparative Religion”, “Father of modern geodesy”, and the first anthropologist. He wrote the Tahqiq-i-Hind in the eleventh century.

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Marco Polo was a Venetian traveller. His travelogues, gives an illuminating account of contemporary life, on his visit to
South India during the thirteenth century. He travelled through Asia along Silk route.

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The ‘Battle of Rawar’ was fought between Dahir, the powerful king of Sind  and the Arab invader Muhammad-bin-Qasim. Dahir waited with a huge army of 50,000 sword men, horsemen and elephantry at a place called Rawar.

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Iran and parts of Afghanistan were under the rule of Seljuq for over fifty years. After the defeat of Seljuq in 1141 CE led to a struggle for power among the Karakitai, the Khwarezm-Shahs, and the Ghurids over parts of Central Asia and Iran.

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The Battle of Chandawar was fought between the Muhammad Ghori and Jaichand of Kannauj of the Gahadavala dynasty. It took place at Chandawar, on the Yamuna River close to Agra in which Ghori defeated Jaichandra.

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Pratāparudra or Rudradeva II was the last ruler of the Kakatiya dynasty and grandson of great Rudramadevi. He faced first invasion from Alauddin in 1310 and agreed to become tributary of Delhi. After death of Alauddin, he stopped making tributes but then he faced another invasion in 1318, and was forced to pay tribute to Mubarak Shah, son of Alauddin. After end of Khilji dynasty, he again stopped making payments. In 1323, an invasion from Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq ended the Kakatiya dynasty and their territories were annexed into Delhi sultanate.

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During the Sultanate period the towns in Gujarat were famous for fine quality fabrics. Cambay in Gujarat was especially famous for textiles and for gold and silver work. Bengal was famous for muslin.