HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Question
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Mohd. Ghori
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Jaipal
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Mahmud Ghaznavi
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mahmud patronized the notable poet Firdausi, who after labouring 27 years, went to Ghazni and presented the Shahnameh to him. Nothing is chronicled about the court poets of the other two kings, hence, incorrect.
Detailed explanation-2: -It shows the old poet, garbed in a red coat over a green robe, coming to Ghazni to acquire the patronage of Soltan Mahmud for his Shahnameh. Ferdowsi is confronted by Mahmud’s court poets, ‘Onsori, ‘Asjadi and Farrokhi.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: Abu l-Qasim Firdousi Tusi, called Firdousi in short was a Persian poet in the court of Mahmud Ghazni wrote the Shahname (Book of Kings).
Detailed explanation-4: -Firdausi was the author of Shahnama. It is a long epic poem and one of the most notable Arabic literary works.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Shahnama or Book of Kings is an epic poem written in 1010 and containing about 60, 000 couplets. Its author was Abu Al-Qasim Firdausi.