EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

EDUCATION UGC NET

ISLAMIC EDUCATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The poet kumait and commander Hajaj bin Yusuf were
A
Leaders
B
Sardars
C
School Teachers
D
Head Masters
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He began his service under Caliph Abd al-Malik ( r. 685–705), who successively promoted him as the head of the caliph’s shurta (select troops), the governor of the Hejaz (western Arabia) in 692–694, and the practical viceroy of a unified Iraqi province and the eastern parts of the Caliphate in 694.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is said that Muhammad bin Qasim was son in law of Hajjaj.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hajjaj was the bloodthirsty governor of Iraq and Iran. Unlike the rest of mankind he refused to take his mother’s breast after being born. It is said that Shaytan (Satan) appeared in human form and said he should be given the blood of animals and insects for four days. After this, Hajjaj accepted his mother’s breast.

Detailed explanation-4: -He played a critical role in consolidating the administrative structure of the Umayyad dynasty during its early years and served as its governor of Iraq (694–714). Al-Ḥajjāj was a schoolteacher in his native town as a young man, but little else is known of his earlier years.

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