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25 Cards in this Set
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What year did Umar rule?
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634- 644
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How did Umar become Caliph?
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Appointed by the previous Caliph
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Of the following, which was not a Garrison town?
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Taif
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Who were members of the Shura?
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Ali, Uthman, Talhah, al-Zubayr, Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas, Abd al Rahman b. Awf
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How many years passed from the time of the Prophets emigration to his death?
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10 years.
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Of the prophets companions, who were the father in laws of the prophet?
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Abu Bakr and Umar
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Zoroastrianism was practiced where?
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The Persian Empire
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Which Arab tribe was used as a buffer tribe by which empire?
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Lakhmids by the Sassanians and Ghassanids by the Byzantines
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The Ansar were made up of which two tribes?
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Khazraj and Aws
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Other than polytheism,what religions were practiced by the Arabs in Pre-Islamic Arabia?
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Christianity and Judaisim
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Where was the garrison town of Fustat located?
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Egypt
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How many years passed from the first revelation to Muhammad's death?
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22 years.
610-632 |
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What was the name the clan that Uthman came from?
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Umayya
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Of the following institutions, which was not started by Umar?
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Navy
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Which of the Prophet's daughters did Ali marry?
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Fatimah
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Name the three bodies of water that surround the Arabian Peninsula
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East: Persian Gulf
West: Red Sea South: Indian Ocean |
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How did Ali become Caliph?
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Chosen by the people of medina and the rebels
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Which of the following was not accomplised during Uthman's rule?
Establishment of the Navy The recenson of the Qur'an The Conquest of Egypt |
The conquest of Egypt
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The Taqif were associated with which city?
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Taif
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The Battle of Yarmuk (637) was against whom?
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Byzantines
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of the following companions, who were the sons in law of the prophet?
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none of the above
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Of the following Caliphs, who died a natural death?
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Abu Bakr
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The prophet made the hijra from where to where?
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Mecca to Yathrib (or medina)
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What was the name of the recalcitrant (disobedient) governor that Ali was about to go to war with right after he became Caliph?
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Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan
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Which confession form of Christianity did the Arab tribes and the Abyssinians share?
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Monophysite.
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