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Slice the ministersRead the answer and worked solution →Akbar or Shah JahanRead the answer and worked solution →Who wrote itRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Mughal court bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Muhammad's tribe, the Quraysh, controlled Mecca's main shrine. What was this cube-like structure called?Read the answer and worked solution →Mecca stood on the crossroads of a trade route between Yemen and which land?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was Muhammad forced to migrate from Mecca to Medina?Read the answer and worked solution →A Hijri lunar year has how many days?Read the answer and worked solution →The alms tax that helped the Medina community survive was called:Read the answer and worked solution →The first four caliphs ruled the umma during which years?Read the answer and worked solution →Which first caliph suppressed the tribal revolts after the Prophet's death?Read the answer and worked solution →In the campaigns of 637-642 the Arabs took Syria, Iraq, Iran and which other land?Read the answer and worked solution →Which religion did the Sasanian empire of Iran patronise?Read the answer and worked solution →The caliph's Bedouin soldiers settled in desert-edge camp cities such as Kufa and:Read the answer and worked solution →Jews and Christians who paid kharaj and jiziya were protected subjects called:Read the answer and worked solution →Ali's truce at Siffin split his followers. Those who left his camp were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Muawiya made himself caliph in 661 and founded which dynasty?Read the answer and worked solution →Muawiya moved the capital of the caliphate to which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Abd al-Malik built which monument in Jerusalem as a mark of Arab-Islamic identity?Read the answer and worked solution →The Abbasids replaced the Umayyads in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Abbasid uprising broke out in which distant region?Read the answer and worked solution →Baghdad, the Abbasid capital, was built near the ruins of which ancient Iranian city?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Shiite clan from the Caspian region captured Baghdad in 945?Read the answer and worked solution →The Fatimids conquered Egypt in 969 and founded which new capital?Read the answer and worked solution →The Ghaznavid sultanate was established in 961 by which Turkish commander?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did the Saljuq Turks restore Baghdad to Sunni rule?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Islamic dynastiesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the taxesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the caliphate datesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the ministers

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Does not match the category
  1. Patwari
  2. Muqaddam
  3. Chaudhuri
  4. Qanungo
Matches the category
  1. Bakhshi
  2. Diwan
  3. Sadr
  4. Wazir
Instructions
Slice only the central Mughal offices.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part II, Theme 9, Kings and Chronicles: The Mughal Courts._

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Akbar or Shah Jahan

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Upper category
Akbar
Lower category
Shah Jahan
Items
  1. Category
    Akbar
    Item
    Sikri
  2. Category
    Akbar
    Item
    Sulh-i kul
  3. Category
    Akbar
    Item
    Jizya off
  4. Category
    Akbar
    Item
    Ibadat
  5. Category
    Shah Jahan
    Item
    Red Fort
  6. Category
    Shah Jahan
    Item
    Badshah N.
  7. Category
    Shah Jahan
    Item
    Chahar tas
  8. Category
    Shah Jahan
    Item
    Gem throne
Instructions
Send each fact to Akbar or to Shah Jahan.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part II, Theme 9, Kings and Chronicles: The Mughal Courts._

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Who wrote it

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Items
  1. Group
    Abu'l Fazl
    Item
    Akbar Nama
  2. Group
    Abu'l Fazl
    Item
    Ain-i Akbari
  3. Group
    Abu'l Fazl
    Item
    Sulh-i kul
  4. Group
    Lahori
    Item
    Badshah Nama
  5. Group
    Lahori
    Item
    Two daftars
  6. Group
    Gulbadan
    Item
    Humayun Nama
  7. Group
    Gulbadan
    Item
    Babur's girl
Groups
  1. Item
    Abu'l Fazl
  2. Item
    Lahori
  3. Item
    Gulbadan
Instructions
Drop each text onto its author.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part II, Theme 9, Kings and Chronicles: The Mughal Courts._

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