M.A History "Islamic Traditions of Medieval India" Download Question Paper 3 and 4, 4th Semester Previous Year Question paper.

M.A History 4th Semester
Islamic Traditions of Medieval India
Paper - III & IV 

Time allowed: 3 Hours] [Max. Marks: 80 

NOTE: Attempt five questions in all, including Question No. 1 which is compulsory, and selecting one question from each Unit.

1. Attempt any ten of the following in about 25-30 words each:

a) Who is a Caliph? 

b) Who are the Shias? 

c) What do you mean by Hadis? 

d) Write a brief note on the Hanafi school of Muslim law.

e) What is a Khanqah? 

f) What do you understand by Zakat? 

g) Who was Shaikh Farid? 

h) Highlight the attitude of Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi towards the Shias.

i) Who was Dara Shukoh? 

j) Who was Abul Fazl? 

k) Who was Shaikh Nizamuddin Aullya?

l) Who was Sayyid Muhammad of Jaunpur? 

m) What is the importance of the Ajmer shrine? 

n) What do you know about the relation of the Pakpattan shrine with the state?

o) What do you know about Shaikh Bakhtiyar Kaki?

UNIT-I 

II. What do you know about the organization of the Chishti order?

III. Describe the political and theological structure of Islam.

UNIT- II 

IV. What do you know about the legend of Salar Masud Ghazi?

V. Describe the festivities and practices at the Bahraich shrine.

UNIT- III 

VI. Critically examine the socio-religious outlook of Abul Fazl.

VII. Discuss the works of Dara Shukoh with special reference to comparative religion and Hinduism.

UNIT- IV 

VIII. What were the conventional theories of religious conversion?

IX. Examine the rooting of Islam in Bengal in the medieval period.