Practice FPSC Islamic Studies questions with answers and explanations.
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Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II captured Constantinople in 1453.
He became known as Mehmed the Conqueror.
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Al-Masjid al-Aqsa is the destination named in the Qur'anic account of Al-Isra.
It is one of Islam's sacred mosques.
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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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Early Muslims initially faced toward Jerusalem in prayer.
The qiblah was later changed to the Ka'bah in Makkah.
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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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Masjid al-Qiblatayn means the mosque of the two qiblahs.
It is associated with the change from Jerusalem to Makkah.
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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.
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The Zamzam well is located within the Sacred Mosque area.
Islamic tradition links it with Hajar's search for water for Ismail.
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Shah Jahan commissioned the Taj Mahal in memory of Mumtaz Mahal.
It stands in Agra.
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Muharram is the first month of the Hijri calendar.
It is also one of the sacred months.
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Ibn Sina wrote The Canon of Medicine.
The work influenced medical education for centuries.
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Dhul-Hijjah is the twelfth Islamic month.
The main rites of Hajj occur during it.
