INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Rulers of Pre- Islamic Iran were called:
A
qaiser
B
kisra
C
shahan- shah
D
none
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Šāh, or Šāhanšāh (King of Kings) to use the full-length term, was the title of the Persian emperors.

Detailed explanation-2: -Zoroastrianism was the state religion of three Persian dynasties, until the Muslim conquest of Persia in the seventh century A.D. Zoroastrian refugees, called Parsis, escaped Muslim persecution in Iran by emigrating to India.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Muslim conquest of Persia, also known as the Arab conquest of Iran, was carried out by the Rashidun Caliphate from 633 to 654 AD and led to the fall of the Sasanian Empire as well as the eventual decline of the Zoroastrian religion.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 1979 Islamic Revolution brought an end to the historic Persian monarchy, after which Iran emerged as an Islamic republic.

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