final exam study Flashcards
The battle of Karbala in 680AD took place between the forces of ?
Al- husyan and yazid
The rebels who arrived in Medina to present their grievance to caliph uthman came from?
eygpt
In what year did Mohammad finally return home in mecca after 7 years in exile?
629
Salah is the Arabic term for?
confession to faith
The battle of nahrawan in 658AD ended in?
victory for Ali forces
The Isma’ilis branch of Shiite islam is also known as?
The seveners
The capital of the safavid dynasty was?
isfahan
Under which Caliph did Persia fell to islam?
Abu Bakar
in what year did “ the battle of siffin” between Ali and Muawiyah take place?
657
The crusade took place during which of the following Islamic empires?
The abbaside
A’lshah was the wife of
none
imam husuayan iss considered by the sh’ites as their?
third imam
Zaydis are considered to be a branch of?
shi’itism
What family ( dynasty ) in Persia established shi’ism as the state religion in the beginning of the 16th century?
the safavid
Wahhabism as an Islamic ideology was emerged in the middle of the 18th century in?
Saudi Arabia and Qatar.