INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MEDIAVAL INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who were called the New Muslims?
A
Hindu converts to Islam
B
Mongol converts to Islam
C
Turkish converts to Islam
D
Persian converts to Islam
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1292, the Delhi Sultan Jalaluddin Khalji had permitted several thousand Mongols to settle in his empire after they converted to Islam. These Mongol converts were called New Muslims (or Neo-Muslims), and by 1311, more than 10, 000 of them lived in the capital Delhi alone.

Detailed explanation-2: -Those who converted to Islam came to be known as the Moros, with Muslim conquest reaching as far as Tondo that was later supplanted by Bruneian Empire vassal-state of Maynila.

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