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Non-Muslims who paid jizya and received protection under Muslim rulers were called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Khojahs, an Ismaili branch, spread Quranic ideas through devotional poems called:Read the answer and worked solution →In a mosque the niche indicating the direction of Mecca is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The sufi hospice controlled by a shaikh was called a:Read the answer and worked solution →The Chishti order took its name from what?Read the answer and worked solution →Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti, buried at Ajmer, died in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Sultan was the first to visit the Ajmer dargah of Muinuddin Chishti?Read the answer and worked solution →Amir Khusrau introduced the qaul, the opening hymn of qawwali. Whose disciple was he?Read the answer and worked solution →The Padmavat, a love story symbolising the soul's journey to God, was composed by:Read the answer and worked solution →Baba Guru Nanak was born in 1469 in which village?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Sikh guru compiled the Adi Granth Sahib?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Chishti saintsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Tamil saintsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the saint yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the devotional textsRead the answer and worked solution →Bhakti or SufiRead the answer and worked solution →Saint to regionRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Bhakti-Sufi bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Mughal rulers did not call themselves Mughals. What did they call themselves?Read the answer and worked solution →Babur pushed from Kabul into the Indian subcontinent in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Humayun lost the empire to which Afghan leader before regaining it in 1555?Read the answer and worked solution →Who was the last Mughal, overthrown by the British in 1857?Read the answer and worked solution →Which emperor consciously made Persian the leading language of the Mughal court?Read the answer and worked solution →The Mahabharata was translated into Persian under which title?Read the answer and worked solution →The imperial scriptorium where manuscripts were kept and produced was called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Akbar's favourite calligraphic style, fluid with long horizontal strokes, was:Read the answer and worked solution →Abu'l Fazl worked on the Akbar Nama from 1589 for how many years?Read the answer and worked solution →The third book of the Akbar Nama is which text?Read the answer and worked solution →Abu'l Fazl was murdered in a conspiracy hatched by Prince Salim. Who was the accomplice?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Non-Muslims who paid jizya and received protection under Muslim rulers were called:

  1. Murid
  2. Zimmi
  3. Ulama
  4. Qazi
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Correct answer: B. Zimmi

1. Zimma means protection. 2. Zimmis paid jizya. 3. In India this status was extended to Hindus. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part II, Theme 6, Bhakti-Sufi Traditions: Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts._

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The Khojahs, an Ismaili branch, spread Quranic ideas through devotional poems called:

  1. Shabad
  2. Masnavi
  3. Ginan
  4. Vachana
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Correct answer: C. Ginan

1. Ginan comes from Sanskrit jnana. 2. They were sung in special ragas. 3. They were written in the Khojaki script. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part II, Theme 6, Bhakti-Sufi Traditions: Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts._

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In a mosque the niche indicating the direction of Mecca is the:

  1. Minbar
  2. Minaret
  3. Mimar
  4. Mihrab
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Correct answer: D. Mihrab

1. Orientation to Mecca is universal. 2. The mihrab is the prayer niche. 3. The minbar is the pulpit. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part II, Theme 6, Bhakti-Sufi Traditions: Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts._

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