Medieval Indian History MCQs

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Alauddin Khilji sent two of his general brothers Ulugh Khan and Nusrat Khan to invade Gujarat. Gujarat was invaded and the temples of Somnath and Rudra Mahalaya were sacked.

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Muhammad bin Qasim, who was the first Muslim to have successfully invaded Sindh in 712 AD was commander of Umayyad Caliphate general, who, during the reign of Caliph al-Walid I led the Muslim conquest of Sindh and Multan. He was able to defeat the third and the last Maharaja of the Brahmin dynasty, Raja Dahir. Raja Dahir was killed in the Battle of Aror.

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The Battle of Chausa was a notable military engagement between the Mughal emperor, Humayun, and the Afghan, Sher Shah Suri. It was fought on 26 June 1539 at Chausa, modern-day Bihar. It helped Shershah to establish Suri Dynasty.

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Ruknuddin Firoz was half brother of Razia and remained ruler of the Delhi Sultanate for less than seven months in 1236. He was one of the many sons of Sultan Iltutmish of Delhi Sultanate. Ruknuddin Firoz was born to Shah Turkan, a mistress of Iltutmish. After the death of Iltutmish, a struggle for supremacy began between the Sultan and a group of forty slaves. Ruknuddin Firoz’s misadministration led to rebellions against him and his mother. Both were arrested and imprisoned. The nobles and the army then appointed his half-sister Razia on the throne. Ruknuddin Firoz died on November 19, 1236.

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The Chishti Order is a Sufi order which arose from Chisht, a small town near Herat, in western Afghanistan. It was founded by Abu Ishaq Shami in about 930 CE. Before returning to western Asia he trained and deputed the son of local emir, Abu Ahmad Abdal, under whose leadership the Chishtiyya flourished as a regional mystical order. Moinuddin Chishti is credited with laying its foundations in India. Other famous saints of the Chishti Order are Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Nizamuddin Auliya and Alauddin Ali Ahmed Sabir Kalyari.

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The reign period of Tuluva dynasty ruler, Krishna Dev Raya was from 1509 AD to 1529 AD. In his life time, he nominated his half-brother Achyuta Deva Raya as his successor and died towards the end of 1529 AD

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On the history of the Sayyid dynasty (1414-1451 AD), “Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shah” is the only contemporary source discovered so
far. It was written by Yahaya bin Ahmed Sirhindi.The book begins with the rise of the Ghori dynasty and the conquest of the  northern India by the turks.

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Mughal emperor Akbar invaded Ranthambore fort in 1569 AD, Rao Surjan Hada submitted against Mughal campaign and joined  the imperial service

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Mahavat Khan was the military general of Jahangir who revolted in his last days.

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Sultan Qutb-ud-din Aibak also known as “Lakh Baksh Sultan”, who marked the beginning of the Mamluk (Slave dynasty) rule and laid the foundation of Delhi Sultanate period in 1206 AD.