Umayyads in Damascus

• Ancient History

Umayyads had selected which city as their capital?

1. Mecca
2. Medina
3. Damascus
4. Kufa

Umayyads selected ___________ as their official language?

1. Arabic
2. Persian
3. Turkish
4. English

What was the river that was flowing in Damascus?

1. Sabarmati River
2. Euphrates River
3. Congo River
4. Barada River

Damascus was also called the city of ______________?

1. Roses
2. Jasmine
3. Tulips
4. happiness

Which form of poetry got introduced during Umayyads?

1. Shape poem
2. Ghazal
3. Ginan
4. qaseeda

Literature also boomed under Umayyads rule

1. true
2. false

Name two architectures built during Umayyads times?

Why did Umayyads decline?

1. They were rude to talk to
2. They were not happy with their rules
3. They favored Arabs over non-Arabs
4. They favored their own group

The peace agreement was done between

1. Muwaiyya and Imam Husayn
2. Yazid and Hazrat Hasan
3. Hazrat Hasan and Muwaiyya
4. Hazrat Imam Husayn and Yazid

Muwaiyya was the first Umayyad Caliph

1. True
2. false

Event of Karbala teaches us about...

1. standing for truth
2. staunch faith
3. forgiving others
4. supporting the Imam at all times

Three groups of Shia emerged during those times?

1. True
2. false

Zaydis are people who followed Hazrat Imam Zaynal Abideen

1. true
2. false

Shiat-e-Ali group believed that an Imam can only be from Hazrat Ali and Bibi Fatima's family

1. True
2. false

Hashmiyyas said an Imam can be a child of Hazrat Ali and any of his wives from Banu Hashim tribe

1. false
2. true

Zaydi Shias belived an Imam to _____________

1. To talk and read Quran
2. To be able to fight for them
3. to be able to work with them
4. to send money to them