History & Civics [1 Mark Question Answer]

Muhammad Ghori.

Divine kingship means that the king is considered a representative of God on earth.

Iqtas were the provinces into which the empire was divided. Each was administered by an officer called the Iqtadars

A muezzin is a man who calls Muslims to prayer, usually from the tower of a mosque.

Lakhbaksh means ‘giver of lakhs’. Qutbuddin Aibak was given this name because of his generosity.

Shahnama was written by the Persian poet Firdausi. It is the biography of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni.

Sultans were the rulers of the Delhi Sultanate who ruled from Delhi, their capital city.

Ghazni and Ghor were the two important states established by the Turks.

Mahmud of Ghazni.

Muhammad Ghori.

Mahmud of Ghazni.

Mahmud of Ghazni.

Alberuni

Mahmud of Ghazni attacked India as he was in wealth rather than setting up an empire in the Indian subcontinent.

Lakhbaksh means ‘giver of lakhs’. Qutbuddin Aibak was given this name because of his generosity.

Buddhist monasteries and libraries were wantonly destroyed by Muhammad bin Bakhtiar Khilji. This invasion dealt a death blow to Buddhism in India.

320 years.

Muhammad Ghori appointed Qutbuddin Aibak as his viceroy before returning to Ghor.

The Persian poet Firdausi, author of the great epic Shahnama.

Prithviraj Chauhan, the Rajput ruler of Delhi and Ajmer