FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1989
ISLAMIC HISTORY AND CULTURE, PAPER – II
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 100
NOTE: Attempt FIVE questions in all, including Question No.1, which is Compulsory. All are of equal value.
1 Attempt according to particular instructions for each section
SECTION l
Write the correct answer in your script:
(a) SIJILMASA/CORDOVA/GRANADA was the capital of the UMAYYADS of Spain.
(b) To Arab geographers and historians SPAIN/ the area between EGYPT and the ATLANTIC was known as AL-MAGHRIB.
(c) The BERBER Tribes were the residents of NORTH AFRICA/AL- ANDALUS.
(d) UQBAH bin NAFP reached the Atlantic during the Caliphate of Al- WALID IWAZID I.
SECTION II
Answer the following:
(e) For how many years did ABDUR RAHMAN IlI ruled?
(f) What is the name of the author of the book “FIRDAWS AL-HIKMAH”‘?
g) Who was the author of the book AL-HAWI?
(h) Which ruler was the founder of the GRANADA University?
SECTION III
Exercise the choice of YES’ or ‘NO’:
(i) Ai-KAHINA (a rebel from the Algerian region) was a Christian priestess
(j) IBN SINA was the author of the book: “AL-QANUN FI AL-TIB”
(k) IBN Hayyan (of CORDOVA) was the author of the b0ok “TARIKH IFTITAH/FATH AL-ANDALUS”
(l) AL-ADWIYAH AL-MUFRADAH was a book on BOTANY
SECTION IV
Arrange the following Dynasties in a chronological order:
(m) The SA’DIANS (n) The IDRISIDS (o) The NASIRIDS (p) The HAFSIDS (q) The AGHLABIDS.
2 Why has been the conquest of AL-ANDALUS under the ‘UMAYYAD KHULAFA’ Of DAMASCUS regarded as one of the brightest chapters in the religious, political, social and cultural fields?
3 Examine the Revolutionary Movements in Al-MAGHRIB under Al-URABITUN and AL-MUWAHIDDUN during the 12th, 13th and 14th Centuries.
4 Enumerate the contributions of the Muslims in Natural and Social Sciences (e.g. Botany, Zoology, History, Philosophy, etc.) either under The ABB ASIDS of BAGHDAD or rulers of AL-ANDALUS.
5 Write short notes on any THREE of the following:
(a) Muslim architecture, with special reference to
The UMAYYAD MASJID at DAMISHO
The Dome of Rock
AL-HAMBRA
The BADSHAHI MASJID at Lahore
The CORDOVA MASJID
(b) Muslim pursuits in painting and sculpture, keeping in view the NABUWAH/RISALAH prohibitions in Representational Art.
(c) Development of music and in musical theories in Medieval Ages in Persia (under the ABBASIDS) and in Egypt (under the “UBAIDIYUN’)
(d) Discuss the Arabic POETRY as a symbol of the unity of Muslim culture in the Medieval Ages.
6 It is claimed that the RENAISSANCE and the REFORMATION Movements owed their beginnings to Islamic influences on the European Intelligentsia (in Italy, Spain, Germany, France and. finally
England) Do you agree? Substantiate.
7 Write an ESSAY on the role played by the universities and seminaries in Medieval Islam towards knowledge’ and ‘good manners/conduct
8 Describe the impact of the Islamic Teachings on the Western political Thought, Social Institutions and Economic System in modern times.
9 Write short Notes on any FOUR of the following: (i) The Battle of TOUS (ii) ABDUR RAHMAN AL-NASIR (iii) ABU BAKR IBN ZAKARIYA AL-RAZI (iv) IBNKHALDUN (v) MULUK AL-TAWAIF (vi) The Muslim Art of Calligraphy (vii) KITAB AL-GHANI