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musmanhussain · #21 Thursday, January 02, 2014

Nickfury four questions regarding north africa which is mentioned in study plane also.
(1) How Islam penetrated in north africa?
2. Conquest in north africa from Amr bin Aas to uqba bin nafi.
3. North africa before and after muslim conquest

rizwan qadeer · #22 Wednesday, January 22, 2014

well done bro.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Muhammad Irfan Mandokhail · #23 Sunday, January 26, 2014

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Originally Posted by nickfury

CSS 2002 Part II

1. The battle of tours was fought in?
Answer: France, Europe, 732

Note: The battle of Tours was fought in? CSS 2000
Did the moors enter France? CSS 2001

2. Which fiqah spread in Muslim Spain?
Answer: Maliki

Note: The dominant Fiqh in Muslim Spain throughout history was? CSS 2000

3. Which Muslim Spanish ruler was known as “the bibliophile”?
Answer: al-Hakam II

4. Al-Ihatah fi Tarikh Gharnata, was written by?
Answer: Ibn al-Khatib.

5. Who introduced the doctorine of etiology of decline, Assabiah?
Answer: Ibn Khaldun

Note: Ibn Khaldun was a? CSS 2001
What is the name of the book written by Ibn Khaldun? CSS 2001

6. Mountain range in South West Europe between France and Spain is called?
Answer: Pyrenees

Note: See Question 14

7. The Spanish Muslim scholars were expert in philology. Philology means?
Answer:

8. A History of Mediaeval Islam, was written by?
Answer: John Joseph Saunders
Note: This is asked in CSS 2003

9. Spanish Islam was written by?
I have searched for this book but I couldn’t find the book or the author of a book by that name anywhere on the internet. If anyone does please share the source.

10. Who built the city of Al-Hamra?
Answer: Muhammad ibn al-Ahmar

11. Surrender of Granada took place in?
Answer: 1492
Note: Nasrid Kingdom ruled Granada during? CSS 2000
The Moors vacated Spain in? CSS 2001

12. Ibn al Ahmar assumed the title of?
Answer: The Founder of the Nasrid Dynasty

13. Futuh ul Buldan was written by?
Answer: al-Baladhuri

14. Batttle of Roncesvalles was fought between Charlemagne and?
Answer: Basques

Note: Mountain range in South West Europe between France and Spain is called? CSS 2002

15. About which city the Arab scholar remarked: “It stood like a watch-tower in the Meadow”?
Answer: The scholar was probably referring to the Al-Hamra.

16. In Muslim Spain the naval commander was called?
Answer: Qa’id

17. Which Muslim ruler is called ad-Dakhil or The Enterer in Spanish history?
Asnwer: Abdul Rahman I

Note: What is the real name of al-Dakhil? CSS 2001
Who was known was Hawk of Quresh? CSS 2001

18. Abdul Rahman I was succeeded by his son?
Answer: Hisham I also known as Hisham al-Reda.

19. Islam Resurgent: The Islamic World Today was written by?
Answer: Thomas Ballantine Irving

20. Who is the author of the book entitled “History of the Islamic People”?
Answer: Carl Brockelmann

Spanish Islam is written by Reinhart Dozy

nickfury · #24 Tuesday, February 04, 2014

2005 Paper Part II

1. Bait ul Hikmah was established by?
A. Yazid
B. Al-Zahir
C. Berbers
D. Mamun ul Rashid
Answer: None

Note: Bait-al-Hikmah was established by? CSS 2003
Bait ul Hikmah was established by? CSS 2005 Part II

Quote:

Bail-al-Hikman means The House of Wisdom. It was founded by Caliph Harun al-Rashid and culminated under his son al-Mamun. It was a library, a translation house, and a research center. It was a key institution in the Translation movement.

2. Gibralter owes its name to?
A. Aghlab
B. Abd al-Jabbar
C. Tariq bin Ziyad
D. None
Answer: Tariq bin Ziyad

Note: Gibraltar is named after? CSS 2004
Gibralter owes its name to? CSS 2005
GIBRALTER is named after? CSS 2010

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Tariq bin Ziyad was a berber, who were originally from Africa. He led the army from Morocco and landed at Gibraltar. Gibraltar is Spanish for Jabl-e-Tariq or Mountain of Tariq named after him. According to the famous Moroccan geographer and explorer Ibn Battuta, Jabel e Musa in Morocco is named after him. Jabel e Musa is opposite the rock of Gibraltar named for Tariq bin Ziyad.

3. The Barmaki wazirs existed during?
A. Umayyad
B. Seljuqs
C. Abbasids
D. Ottomans
E. None
Answer: Abbasids

Note: Who was the tutor of Haroon ur Rashid? CSS 2001

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Yahya Barmaki was the Grand Vizir of Caliph Haroon al Rashid. His father, Khalid Barmaki was the first of the Barmakis during the time of Haroon’s father. Caliph al-Mahdi, father of Harun ur Rashid, entrusted Yahya with Harun’s education. Yahya’s family, the Barmakids, was very strong in Baghdad due to their close ties with the Caliph. When Harun became Caliph, he made Yahya his grand Vizir. Later the family had too much power and cast into prison.

4. Spain was ruled by whom before Arabs and Berber troops conquered it?
A. Byzantines
B. Franks
C. Visigoths
D. None
Answer: Visigoths

5. In historical references, Spain is generally referred as part of?
A. Iberian Peninsula
B. Middle East
C. North Africa
D. None
Answer: Iberian Peninsula

6. Libya, Tunisia, and Algeria are geographically included in?
A. Far West
B. Central Africa
C. North Africa
D. None
Answer: North Africa

7. Cordova is a city in?
A. Iraq
B. Mauritania
C. Spain
D. None
Answer: Spain

Note: During 719-1030 AD Muslim Spain was ruled from the capital of CSS 2000
The great mosque of Cordova was built by? CSS 2000
Calendar of Cordova was compiled by? CSS 2000
Cordova is a city of? CSS 2001
What is Granada and Cordova in Arabic alphabets? CSS 2001
Which city was called Queen of the cities, Aroos ul Bilaad? CSS 2001
Cordova is a city in? CSS 2005
Cordova is pronounced in Arabic as? CSS 2005
Cordova and Baghdad served to the West as main centers for? CSS 2009

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Cordova or Cordoba, in Arabic Qurtabah, was a city in al-Andalus (Spain) and the Capital of al-Andalus and capital of Caliphate of Cordoba. Under Caliph al-Hakam of Cordova, it became a center of education. Cordova was captured in 711 by the Muslim army of Tariq ibn Ziyad.
The Great Masjid of Cordova was built by Abd al-Rahman I also known was the Emir of Cordova. Abd al-Rahman was from the Umayyad family, the ruling family of Damascus which was overthrown by the Abbasid Revolution, and he fled to Cordova. Later in 1236, the masjid was converted into a Catholic church and so remains to this day.
Rabi Ibn Zaid also called Recemundus was a Mozarabic Bishop. He wrote the Calendar of Cordoba during the time of Abd Al Rahman III and dedicated it to him. The Calendar of Cordoba tells how the sky looks each month of the year, when the sun rises and sets, and when the most important constellations appear and disappear, etc…

8. Cordova is pronounced in Arabic as?
A. Qurtabah
B. Gharnata
C. Zaghrab
D. None
Answer: Qurtabah قُرطبة‎‎

9. Ibn Khaldun wrote a book by the title of?
A. Al-Shifa
B. Muqaddima
C. Al-Qanun
D. None
Answer: al-Muqaddima

Note: Ibn Khaldun was an? CSS 2001
What is the name of the book written by Ibn Khaldun? CSS 2001
Who introduced the doctorine of etiology of decline, Assabiah? CSS 2002
Ibn e Khuldun was born in Tunis in the year? CSS 2003
Ibn Khaldun was a? CSS 2004, CSS 2005
Ibn Khaldun wrote a book by the title of? CSS 2005

Quote:

Ibn Khaldun was an Arab historian and historiographer born in 1332 in Tunis. His best known book is The Muqaddimah, a book on universal history i.e. philosophy of history, sociology, demography, historiography, cultural history, economics, Islamic theology, political theory, biology and chemistery. The book was written in 1377. . In the Muqaddimah he describes the Assabiyah.

10. Ibn Khaldun was a?
A. Jurist
B. Philosopher of History
C. Calligrapher
D. None
Answer: Philosopher of History

Quote:

Ibn Khaldun was an Arab historian and historiographer born in 1332 in Tunis. His best known book is The Muqaddimah, a book on universal history i.e. philosophy of history, sociology, demography, historiography, cultural history, economics, Islamic theology, political theory, biology and chemistery. The book was written in 1377. In the Muqaddimah he describes the Assabiyah.

11. Nizam ul Mulk worked as Wazir during the?
A. Umayyads
B. Early Seljuqs
C. Later Ottomans
D. None
Answer: Early Seljuqs

Note: Siyasatnama’ was written by? CSS 2007
Siyasatnama was written by? CSS 2010

Quote:

Nizam ul Mulk was an honorific title of his which means, “Good order of the kingdom”. His name was Abu Ali al-Hassan al-Tusi. He was a Persian scholar and vizier of the Seljuq Empire. After Alp Arsalan was assassinated, Nizam ul Mulk held absolute power for nearly 20 years. He founded the Nizamiyyah schools in Persia.

Siyasatnama is his most famous work. Siyasatnama means, book of Government.

12. The Druzi Sect of Syria and Lebanon was born during the time of?
A. Ghaznavids
B. Fatmids
C. Ayyubids
D. None
Answer: Fatimids

Quote:

The Druze are a monotheistic ethno-religious community. Their beliefs incorporates several elements from the Abrahamic religions, Gnosticism, Neoplatonism, and other philosophies. The Druze is an offshoot of Ismailism, a branch of Shia Islam. They follow the seven pillars of Ismailism. The faith was preached by Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad,a Persian Ismaili mystic and scholar. He came to Egypt in 1014. He gained support of the Fatimid Caliph, Al-Hakim. The Fatmid Caliphate lasted from 909-1171 AD.

13. Muwalladan were?
A. Spanish neo Muslims
B. African slaves
C. Arab Soldiers
D. None
Answer: Spanish Neo Muslims

Quote:

Muwalladan (probably spelled incorrectly) is plural. The singular form is Mawali. Mawali is a term I classical Arabic used to address non-Arab Muslims.

14. The Ottoman dynasty fell in?
A. 1802
B. 1924
C. 1912
D. None
Answer: None

Note: The Ottoman Dynasty fell in? CSS 2003
Abolition of the Sultanate took place in? CSS 2003
The ottoman dynasty fell in? CSS 2011

Quote:

The Ottoman Dynasty fell on November 1st, 1922, the sultanate was abolished and the last Sultan, Sultan Mehmed VI departed. On November 19, 1922 his cousin Abdul Mecid Efendi, was elected Caliph and was the last Caliph of the Ottoman Dynasty. In 1924, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, abolished the Caliphate.

15. Phillip K. Hitti wrote a book titled?
A. Clash of Civilzations
B. The Abbasids
C. History of the Arabs
D. None
Answer: History of the Arabs

16. Ibn Hazm was a great scholar from?
A. Egypt
B. Spanish
C. Ottoman
D. None
Answer: Spanish

Note: Tawq Al-Hamamah was authored by? CSS 2000

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His is called Ibn Hazm al Andalusi. Tawq Al Hamamah is a work of literature by ibn Hazm. Ibn Hazm is widely regarded by Muslims as the father of comparative religious studies for his on Islamic jurisprudence, comparative religion, and theology. Tawq Al Hamamah or The ring of the Dove is a book about love and his only work of literature.

17. Sheikh Sa’di was a?
A. Historian
B. Botanist
C. Poet
D. None
Answer: Poet

18. History of the Islamic People is written by?
A. Gibb
B. T.W Arnold
C. Carl Brockelman
D. None
Answer: Carl Brockelman

Note: Who is the author of the book entitled “History of the Islamic People”? CSS 2002
Carl Brockelmann is the author of? CSS 2003

19. The Arab Siqilliyah is?
A. Spain
B. Sicily
C. Italy
D. None
Answer: Sicily

Quote:

Siqilli is Arabic for Sicily. Jawhar ibn Abdallahal Siqilli was a Fatimid military leader. He led conquests of North Africa and later Egypt founding the city of Cairo.

20. Umar Khayyam is known for his?
A. Shahnama
B. Siyastnama
C. Ruba’Iyyat
D. None
Answer: Rubaiyat e Omar Khayyam

Quote:

Umar Khayyam Nishapuri, born in Nishapur, Iran, was a Persian polymath, philosopher mathematician, astronomer, and poet. Among other things, he is also known for his Rubaiyat, a collection of poems.

nickfury · #25 Wednesday, February 12, 2014

2006 Paper Part I

1. The longest Sura of the Qur'an is:
A. Al-Nisa
B. Al-i Imran
C. Al-Baqra
D. Al-Maida
E. None
Answer: Al-Baqara

Note: Total number of the Surahs in the Holy Quran is? CSS 2002
Which is the 3rd Surah in the Quran? CSS 2003
There is no Bismillah in the beginning of which Surah? CSS 2005
The shortest Surah of the Quran is? CSS 2005
Surah Al Noor speaks of? CSS 2013
In which of the Surah of the Quran, the name of adopted son of our Prophet SAW has been mentioned? CSS 2013

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The Quran has 114 surah total. 86 Makkah, and 28 Medina. First Surah is Al Fatiha and the last is Surah Al-Nas. Surah Aal-e-Imran is the 3rd Surah of the Quran. Surah Al-Tawba is the only Surah in the Quran that does not begin with Bismillah. The shortest Surah of the Quran is Surah al-Kausar/Kauthar. Surah al-Noor is about women. The Prophet SAW’s adopted son, Zayd ibn Harithah, is mentioned in Sura 33, Al-Ahzab.

2. Sura al-Nur speaks of:
A. Wars
B. Mal-i-Ghanimat
C. The Jews
D. Women issues
E. None
Answer: Women Issues

3. The Holy Qur'an is generally printed in:
A. Nastaliq script
B. Kufi script
C. Naskh script
D. Shikasta script
E. None
Answer: Naskh Script

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Naskh is the style most commonly used for printing Arabic. Nasakh is the typical Arabic script used by the computer as well.
Nastaliq script is used for writing Urdu and Persian.

Kufic is probably the oldes calligraphic form of the Arabic script. It developed in Kufa at the end of 7th century and was the main script used for the Quran until the 11th century.

Shikasta is also called Shikasta Nastaliq. It is the successor of the Nastaliq script. It is a Persian script and used these days.

4. Imam Bukhari hailed from:
A. Malaysia
B. India
C. Egypt
D. Turkestan
E. None
Answer: None

Note: Imam Bukhari was a? CSS 2002
Imam Bukhari hailed from? CSS 2006
Imam Bukhari died in? CSS 2013

Quote:

Imam Muhammad al-Bukhari was a Muhaddith. He authored the hadith collection known as Sahih al-Bukhari, which is regarded by Sunnis as the most authentic of all hadith compiled. Al-Adad al-Mufrad is also a book written by Imam Bukhari it is a collection of hadith on ethics and manners. His student Muslim ibn al Hajjaj compiled the Sahih Muslim book of hadith, which is considered second only to Sahih Bukhari. Imam Bukhari was born in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. In his later years he moved to a village near Samarkand where he died.

5. Prophet Muhammad (SAW) while immigrating to Madina took refuge in:
A. Cave Hira
B. Cave Thaur
C. Dar-i-Arqam
D. Masjid-i-Nabawa
E. None
Answer: Cave Thaur

Quote:

Cave Thawr, Ghar al-Thawr, is the cave in which the Prophet and Hazrat Abu Bakar hid from their persecuters during mingration to medina. Ghar e Thawr is in Jabal Thawr.

Cave hira is the cave where the Prophet SAWW received the first revelation. It is located in Jabal al-Nour.

6. Prophet Muhammad (SAW) visited Ghar-i-Hira for:
A. Recitation
B. Memorization
C. Meetings
D. Meditation/Tahanuth
E. None
Answer: Meditation

Quote:

Allah’s apostle (PBUH) used to go for meditation to this place. He spent all the day and night in the cave thinking upon the phenomenon of nature, creations around him and their purpose.

7. The Najashi King of Habasha with whom the Muslims for the first time took refuge was a:
A. Jew
B. Hindu
C. Christian
D. Mushrik
E. None
Answer: Christian

8. The duration of social boycott of Muslims in Shi-b abi Talib was for:
A. 10 Years
B. 5 Years
C. 3 Years
D. 8 Years
E. None
Answer: 3 Years

Note: The duration of social boycott of Muslims in Shi’b Abi Talib was for? CSS 2005
The duration of social boycott of Musliam Shi'b Abi Talib was for? CSS 2011

Quote:

The boycott was devastating and for many months they lived in misery. It was so rigorously applied and food was so scarce that they had to eat the leaves of trees. The women, and more specially the children and suckling babies would cry with hunger which could be heard all over the valley. The Quraysh told the merchants not to sell any goods to them. Prices were increased to prevent them from buying even essentials. They remained in that state for three years. Apart from some kind Qurayshi people who secretly sent food to them they were totally abandoned. Despite such grim circumstances, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) never ceased inviting non-Muslims to Islam. He was particularly active during the time of Hajj. It was at this time that he would speak to tribes that had travelled to Makkah from all over the Arab world.

9. Sulh-i Hudibiyya was written by:
A. Hazrat Abu Bakr
B. Hazrat Ali
C. Hazrat Umar
D. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
E. None
Answer: Hazrat Ali

Note: Who signed the Treaty of Hudaibiya on behalf of the Quraish? CSS 2000
Who signed the Treaty of Hudaibiya on behalf of the Quraish? CSS 2001
Treaty of Hudaibiyah was observed in? CSS 2004
Sulh-i Hudibiyya was written by? CSS 2006
Who signed the treaty of Hudaibiya on behalf of the Quraish? CSS 2011
Sulh-i-Hudabiyah was written by? CSS 2013

Quote:

The treaty of Hudaibiyah was observed in the 6th year of Hijra. Suhail Bin Amar signed the Treaty of Hudaibiya on behalf of Quraish. Suhail bin Amru insisted that the treaty would be signed by the Prophet as Muhammad SAW Bin Abdullah and not as Muhammad the Prophet of Allah SAW. The Prophet (SAW) dictated the peace treaty to `Ali (RA) who wrote it down.

10. Aws and Khazraj lived in:
A. Yemen
B. Makkah
C. Najd
D. Hijaz
E. None
Answer: None

Noe: Aws and Khazraj lived in? CSS 2006
Aws and Khizraj were? CSS 2006
Aws and Khazraj were two tribes of? CSS 2013

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Banu Aws and Kharzaj were the two main tribes of Medina. These two tribes constituted the Ansars. The Ansar literaly means: Helpers. It denotes to the citizens of Medina who helped the Prophet SAW and the Muhajireens on their arrival to the city of Medina. They were originally from Yemen and migrated to Yathrib, the old name of Medina. The Banu Khazraj are renowned for their generosity and hospitality.

11. Aws and Khizraj were:
A. Money lenders
B. Agriculturalists Nomads
C. Cottage Industrialists
D. Nomads
E. None of these
Answer: ?

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I could not find an answer to that. I could not find out what they were, but they were not money lenders, because Banu Khizraj was in debt to banu Qainuqa. They were not Nomads or Cottage industrialists. They could have been Agriculturalists because the area Banu Aus settled in was very fertile.

12. The Jewish tribe Banu Qainuqa worked as:
A. Carpenters
B. Gold Smiths
C. Iron Smiths
D. Farmers
E. None
Answer: Goldsmiths

Note: Banu Quraiza, Banu nadir, and Banu Qainuqa were three tries of the? CSS 2003

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These were the three main Jewish tribes of Medina. The Banu Qaynuqa were expelled from Medinah by the Prophet SAW for breaking the treaty, The Constitution of Medina. Banu Nadir and Ban Qanuqa along with the Quraish organized the Battle of the Trench. The Banu Nadir also participated in the battle of Khaybar.

Banu Qainuqa was famous for jewelry making, and was the wealthier of the Jewish tribes.

Banu Nadir was in Agriculture.

Banu Qurayza was in the leather trade.

13. Hajjaj bin Yusuf was:
A. Umayyad
B. Abbasid
C. Ottoman
D. Mughal
E. None
Answer: None?

Quote:

Al Hajjaj ibn Yusuf was an Arab administrator, politician, and minister of defense of the Umayyad caliphate. He was born in the city of Taif in Hijaz. During the time of Caliph Abd al Malik, he was the Governor of Iraq.

Not sure what this question asks. He worked for the Umayyad caliphate but he was not from the Umayyad tribe.

14. Saif Allah was the title of:
A. Hazrat Umar
B. Hazrat Usman
C. Hazrat Ali
D. Hazrat Khalid bin Walid
E. None
Answer: Hazrat Khalid ibn Walid

Quote:

Saif Allah means Sword of Allah!

15. Hazrat Suhaib belonged to:
A. Rome
B. Iran
C. Sudan
D. Habasha
E. None
Answer: Rome

Quote:

Hazrat Suhayb ar-Rumi was a former slave in the Byzantine Empire. He became an esteemed Sahabi. Hazrat Suhayb ar-Rumi was appointed by Hazrat Umar as the caretaker Caliph on his deathbed until the committee could choose a Caliph among themselves.

16. Abu Sufyan lost his eye in the battle of:
A. Tabuk
B. Yarmuk
C. Muta
D. Khandaq
E. None
Answer: Yarmouk, 636

Quote:

Hazrat Abu Sufyan lost his first eye during the Seige of Taif. He lost his second eye in the Battle of Yarmouk.

17. Byzantium was:
A. Central Asia
B. Iberian Peninsula
C. Middle East
D. Eastern Rome
E. None
Answer: Eastern Rome

18. Sasanids rules:
A. India Far East
B. Egypt
C. Persian Empire
D. None
Answer: Persian Empire

19. Imam Malik was a famous:
A. Poet
B. Historian
C. Architect
D. Jurist
E. None
Answer: Jurist

20. Literal meaning of word Khilafat-e-Rashida is;
A. Four Sahaba Caliphs
B. Rightly guided caliphs
C. Followers’ Pious people
D. None.
Answer: Rightly guided Caliphs

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