Abbasid revolution - Quiz
A) Abd al-Rahman I B) Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik C) Abu Muslim D) Al-Mahdi
A) Increased loyalty to the Abbasids B) Peaceful acceptance C) Rebellions against the Abbasids D) Celebrations of the Abbasid rule
A) Non-Muslims were banned from holding government posts B) Non-Muslims regained government posts C) Non-Muslims were only allowed low-level positions D) Non-Muslims were excluded from the administration
A) Córdoba B) Kufa C) Baghdad D) Damascus
A) Al-Mansur B) Al-Mahdi C) Abd al-Rahman I D) Abu Muslim
A) It led to the Islamic Golden Age B) It had no impact on Islamic civilization C) It led to the decline of Islamic civilization D) It ended the Islamic Golden Age
A) It adopted a Roman character B) It remained purely Arab C) It took on a distinctly Persian character D) It became predominantly Byzantine
A) Integrating the privileged Arabs into the wider Muslim community B) Establishing a Persian-only rule C) Excluding non-Arabs from the community D) Maintaining Arab dominance
A) They appeared as a force in society, positioning themselves as arbiters of justice and orthodoxy B) They focused solely on trade C) They became military leaders D) They disappeared from society
A) The lack of military power B) The economic collapse C) The rapid expansion of Islam and mass conversions D) The absence of a strong leader
A) It marginalized them further B) It had no effect on their status C) It reduced their status D) It granted them social and spiritual equality with Arabs
A) They dissolved the caliphate immediately B) They moved their capital to Cairo C) Their rule over Baghdad ended, but their lineage as nominal caliphs lasted until 1517 D) They regained control immediately after the sack
A) They abolished the caliphate B) They expanded their empire significantly C) The Abbasids were essentially puppets of secular rulers D) They regained full independence
A) It led to the isolation of the empire B) It transformed the political landscape by integrating non-Arabs into the empire C) It reinforced Arab dominance D) It had no impact on the political landscape
A) It was a Persian victory with no Arab involvement B) It was a complete Arab victory C) It was often characterized as a Persian victory and Arab defeat, but the caliph was still Arab D) It had no significance
A) Arabs were the only participants B) Arabs had no role C) Arabs played a significant role, especially in Khorasan D) Arabs opposed the revolution
A) Islam changed from an Arab ethnic empire to a universal world religion B) Islam became a Persian religion C) Islam was confined to Arab regions D) Islam declined significantly
A) The Abbasids regained control B) The caliphate was dissolved C) The Abbasids moved their capital to Istanbul D) The Ottomans claimed the caliphate for themselves
A) Over three hundred years B) Almost exactly two-hundred years C) Less than fifty years D) One hundred years
A) The capital remained in Damascus B) The capital moved eastward from Damascus to Baghdad C) The capital moved westward to Córdoba D) The capital was moved to Cairo
A) It reinforced Arab societal institutions B) It led to the emergence of societal institutions that were Islamic rather than Arab C) It had no impact on societal institutions D) It led to the decline of Islamic institutions
A) It led to their decline due to internal feuds and mass conversions B) It led to the Umayyads expanding their empire C) It had no impact on the Umayyads D) It strengthened the Umayyads
A) Yazid ibn Umar al-Fazari B) Abu Salama C) Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Qasri D) Marwan II
A) Abu Muslim B) Ibrahim al-Imam C) al-Ta'i D) Yazid ibn Umar al-Fazari
A) Kufa B) Damascus C) Wasit D) Mosul
A) Abu Salama B) Marwan II C) al-Saffah D) Ibrahim al-Imam
A) April 750 B) August 750 C) January 750 D) July 750
A) Exiled him B) Imprisoned him C) Released him D) Executed him
A) Fifty B) Eighty C) Thirty D) One hundred
A) Yazid ibn Umar al-Fazari B) Abu Salama C) al-Ta'i D) Ibrahim al-Imam
A) Abu Muslim B) Abu Salama C) al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba D) Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Qasri
A) al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba B) Abu Salama C) Abu Muslim D) Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Qasri
A) Arab Muslims B) Sunnis C) Non-Muslim subjects D) Shi'as
A) The Tawwabin B) The Kaysanites C) The Abbasid family D) The Hashimiyya movement
A) Berbers. B) Iranian peoples. C) Egyptians. D) Arameans.
A) Kufa. B) Mecca. C) Merv. D) Damascus.
A) Kufa. B) Mecca. C) Damascus. D) Khurasan.
A) 9 June 747 B) March 749 C) August 747 D) 14 February 748
A) The Red Crescent B) The White Banner C) The Green Flag D) The Black Standard
A) al-Mahdi B) al-Saffah C) al-Rida D) al-Mansur
A) Isfahan B) Nahavand C) Gorgan D) Merv
A) Hamadan B) Rey C) Nishapur D) Qumis
A) Isfahan B) Hamadan C) Nishapur D) Rey
A) Merv B) Isfahan C) Gorgan D) Nahavand
A) Rey B) Qumis C) Nahavand D) Isfahan
A) Qumis B) Rey C) Nishapur D) Merv
A) Fifty B) Seventy C) One hundred D) Twelve
A) Secrecy B) Public leadership C) Open communication D) Clear demands
A) Abu Muslim B) Husayn ibn Ali C) Yazid I D) As-Saffah |
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