Question 1

Al-Tabari is associated with&#10;A)history&#10;B)astronomy&#10;C)mathematics&#10;D)painting

Accepted Answer

Al-Tabari is most renowned for his contributions to history, particularly for his historical chronicle "Tarikh al-Rusul wa al-Muluk" (History of the Prophets and Kings), which is a comprehensive account of the world from the creation until his own time.

Question 2

The Great Mosque of Samarra was built during the reign of&#10;A)al-mamun&#10;B)al-mutawakkil&#10;C)al-muktafi&#10;D)al-saffah

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The Great Mosque of Samarra was built during the reign of al-Mutawakkil (847–861), who was a caliph of the Abbasid dynasty.

Question 3

Al-Hambra was built by&#10;A)al-murabitun&#10;B)al-muwahhidun&#10;C)umayyads&#10;D)al nasirids

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Al-Hambra was built by the Nasrid dynasty (al nasirids) in Granada, Spain, during the mid-13th century. It is a renowned Islamic architectural masterpiece.

Question 4

Who among the following was a well-known physician under the Umayyads ?&#10;A)khalid&#10;B)jabir&#10;C)umar bin abi rabiah&#10;D)masarjawayh

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Question 5

Futuh al-Buldan is written by&#10;A)al-baladhuri&#10;B)al-bustani&#10;C)al-mas'udi&#10;D)al-tabari

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Futuh al-Buldan, which translates to "The Conquests of the Lands," is a historical work written by Ahmad Ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri, an eminent 9th-century Muslim historian.

Question 6

Who is the author of Kitab alHayawan ?&#10;A)al-farabi&#10;B)al-ghazzali&#10;C)al-kindi&#10;D)al-jahiz

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Al-Jahiz is the author of Kitab al-Hayawan (The Book of Animals), which is a famous work that discusses animals and their behavior.

Question 7

Ibn al-Muqaffah translated his book 'Kalilah wa Dimnah' from&#10;A)sanskrit&#10;B)syriac&#10;C)pahlavi&#10;D)greek

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Ibn al-Muqaffah's 'Kalilah wa Dimnah' is a translation from Middle Persian (Pahlavi), which itself was a translation of the Sanskrit work 'Panchatantra'.

Question 8

The construction of Great Mosque of Cordova was started by&#10;A)al-hakam&#10;B)abdul rahman nasir&#10;C)abdul rahman al-dakhil&#10;D)hajib al-mansur

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Abdul Rahman I (Abd al-Rahman al-Dakhil), the founder of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain, initiated the construction of the Great Mosque of Cordoba in 785 AD, marking a significant moment in Islamic architecture in the West.

Question 9

The city of Samarra was founded by&#10;A)harun al-rashid&#10;B)al-mu'tasim&#10;C)al-mutawakkil&#10;D)al-mahdi

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Al-Mu'tasim, the Abbasid caliph, founded the city of Samarra in 836 AD as a new capital for the Abbasid Empire, moving the capital from Baghdad partly due to military reasons and the need for a more defensible location.

Question 10

The most celebrated poet during the Abbasid period was&#10;A)farazdaq&#10;B)al-akhtal&#10;C)al-mutanabbi&#10;D)jarir

Accepted Answer

Al-Mutanabbi is widely regarded as one of the greatest poets in the Arabic language, particularly celebrated during the Abbasid period for his powerful and innovative poetry.

Question 11

Which among the following city is not a capital of Abbasids?&#10;A)kufa&#10;B)bagdad&#10;C)samarra&#10;D)cordova

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Question 12

Ibn B?jjah belongs to&#10;A)turkey&#10;B)spain&#10;C)iran&#10;D)egypt

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Question 13

Damascus was the capital of the&#10;A)umayyads&#10;B)fatimids&#10;C)abbasids&#10;D)mamluks

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Question 14

The Muslim Rule in Spain ended in&#10;A)1400 ad.&#10;B)1492 ad.&#10;C)1500 ad&#10;D) 1571 ad.

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Question 15

Sindh was conquered by&#10;A)tariq bin ziy?d&#10;B)muhammad bin q?sim&#10;C)kh?lid bin walid&#10;D)us?mah bin zayd

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The answer of Sindh was conquered by&#10;A)tariq bin ziy?d&#10;B)muhammad bin...

Question 16

Author of the book 'Kit?b al-Man?zir' was&#10;A)ibn al-hytham&#10;B)ibn rushd&#10;C)ibn 'arabi&#10;D)ibn khaldun

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Question 17

Discovery of blood circulation in the human body was first made by&#10;A)ibn sin?&#10;B)ibn zuhr&#10;C)ibn b?jjah&#10;D)ibn al-nafis

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Question 18

Baghdad was destroyed by the Mongols in the year&#10;A)1258&#10;B)1268&#10;C)1278&#10;D)1288

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Question 19

Ibn M?jah is one of the compilers of&#10;A)arabic short stories&#10;B)fataw?&#10;C)hadith&#10;D)lyrical poems

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Question 20

Umar Khayyam was a renowned&#10;A)historiographer&#10;B)mathematician&#10;C)geographer&#10;D)economist

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Question 21

The most distinguished cartographer of the Middle Ages was&#10;A)al-istakhri&#10;B)al-ya'qubi&#10;C)al-idrisi&#10;D)al-mas'udi

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Question 22

The Quranic commentary-Tafsir al- Kashsh?f is written by&#10;A)ibn hisham&#10;B)ibn taimiyah&#10;C)zamakhshari&#10;D)ibn kathir

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The answer of The Quranic commentary-Tafsir al- Kashsh?f is written...

Question 23

Ammar Bin Ali al-Mawsili was a distinguished&#10;A)historian&#10;B)geographer&#10;C)ophthalmologist&#10;D)mathematician

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Question 24

Al-Qayrawan was founded by&#10;A)m?sa ibn nusair&#10;B)'uqbah ibn n?fi'&#10;C)mohammad ibn qasim&#10;D)tariq ibn ziyad

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Question 25

The construction of Qutub Minar was started by:&#10;A)qutubuddin ibak&#10;B)ilthumish&#10;C)akbar&#10;D)shajahan

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Deck 2: Historical and Cultural Trivia Related to Islamic Civilization