Practice PMS questions with answers and explanations.
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Dhul-Hijjah is the twelfth Islamic month.
The main rites of Hajj occur during it.
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The Islamic calendar contains twelve lunar months.
Its year is shorter than the solar year.
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Islamic teaching identifies four sacred months.
They are Muharram, Rajab, Dhul-Qa'dah, and Dhul-Hijjah.
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Shawwal is the tenth month of the Islamic calendar.
Eid al-Fitr occurs on its first day.
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Ibn Khaldun wrote the Muqaddimah as an introduction to his history.
It analyzes society, state formation, and historical change.
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Ibn Battuta traveled widely across Africa, Asia, and Europe.
His journeys were recorded in the Rihlah.
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Al-Idrisi produced a major geographical work and map.
He worked at the court of Roger II in Sicily.
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Salahuddin defeated the Crusader army at Hattin.
The victory enabled the recovery of Jerusalem.
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Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II captured Constantinople in 1453.
He became known as Mehmed the Conqueror.
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The Ottomans made Constantinople their imperial capital after 1453.
The city later became known internationally as Istanbul.
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Suleiman I presided over major Ottoman expansion and legal reform.
He is also called Kanuni, the Lawgiver.
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Babur founded the Mughal Empire after the Battle of Panipat in 1526.
He was descended from Timur and Genghis Khan's line.
