Question # 1

In order to secure the first copy of the "Aghani" al-Hakam sent the author a _________ dinars

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hundred

five hundred

thousand

million

Two years before his death in 788 Abd-al-Rahman founded the great __________ of Cordova

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church

mosque

tomb

palace

Among the very few who ______ was a youth of twenty Abd-ul-Rehman

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Was killed

Was banished

Escaped

Was imprisoned

It took him some years more to bring all of ______ to subjection

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Spain

Egypt

Jerusalem

Sind

He was a grandson of the................... caliph of Damascus.

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Fifth

Seventh

Tenth

Ninth

The library of Cordova housed a library of first magnitude.

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Importance

Volume

Size

Value

One by one he conquered the lost.

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Provisions

Princesses

provinces

Principals

In ______, he discontinued the Friday sermon, hitherto delivered in the name of the Abbasid Caliph

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773

873

973

1073

In the process of subduing his adversaries. Ubdul Rehman developed an army.

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Overcoming

Controlling

Fighting with

competing with

It was he who made his way to................... and fought his way to mastery;

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Bokhara

Spain

Egypt

Sudan

Two yeas before his death in 788 Abd al Rahman founded the great ........... of cordova.

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Church

Mosque

Palace

Tomb

Nevers before was Cordova so prosperous, Andalusia so rich and the state so.

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Weak

Fourteen

Four

Forty

The mosque of Cordova was transformed into a cathedral in 1236.

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Improved

Reformed

Changed

Reconstructed

The Mosque of Cordova was ________ and enlarged by his successors

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completed

curtailed

minimised

shortened

Cordova acquired international fame and inspired awe and ............. in the hearts of travellers.

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Abomination

Hatred

Irritation

Admiration

The tired Abd al Rahman was a ......................... man when he took office.

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Old

Invalid

Young

Infant

The royal revenue amounted to 624500 __________

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rupees

dollars

pounds

dinars

Besides the great mosque the capital could already boast a bridge over the river.

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Danube

Rhine

Guadalquivir

Thames

when his realm consolidated Abd al Rehman turned to the arts of...........

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War

Peace

Pease

Piece

And he left a statement, we are told, which said that he had known only ________ days of happiness

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fifty

fourteen

forty

four

It was In ______ that the Umayyad dynasty in Damascus was overthrown

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850

950

650

750

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