Islamic History General Knowledge Questions and Answers

Question: What was the name of the prophet who received the revelation of the Quran?

Answer: Muhammad

Question: What was the name of the first caliph of Islam?

Answer: Abu Bakr

Question: What is the name of the Islamic holy book?

Answer: Quran

Question: What is the name of the mosque built by the Prophet Muhammad in Medina?

Answer: Masjid an-Nabawi

Question: What is the name of the Islamic capital during the Umayyad dynasty?

Answer: Damascus

Question: What is the name of the Islamic capital during the Abbasid dynasty?

Answer: Baghdad

Question: What is the name of the Islamic dynasty that ruled Spain from 711 to 1492?

Answer: Umayyad

Question: What is the name of the Islamic dynasty that ruled India from 1526 to 1858?

Answer: Mughal

Question: Who was the founder of the Safavid dynasty in Iran?

Answer: Isma'il I

Question: Who was the founder of the Ottoman Empire?

Answer: Osman I

Question: Who wrote the famous Islamic work "The Thousand and One Nights"?

Answer: Unknown, it's a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age.

Question: Who was the first Muslim woman to lead a nation in modern times?

Answer: Tansu Çiller, Prime minister of Turkey.

Question: What is the name of the battle fought in 624 CE between the early Muslims and the Meccans?

Answer: Battle of Badr

Question: What is the name of the battle fought in 627 CE in which the Meccans laid siege to Medina?

Answer: Battle of the Trench

Question: What is the name of the battle fought in 634 CE that established Muslim control over the Arabian Peninsula?

Answer: Battle of Hunayn

Question: What is the name of the Islamic empire that controlled much of Central Asia and India in the 16th and 17th centuries?

Answer: Mughal Empire

Question: What is the name of the Islamic empire that controlled much of North Africa, Egypt, and the Middle East in the 16th and 17th centuries?

Answer: Ottoman Empire

Question: What is the name of the leader of the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979?

Answer: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

Question: What is the name of the famous Muslim scientist, philosopher, and physician who lived in the 12th century?

Answer: Avicenna

Question: What is the name of the famous Muslim philosopher, theologian, and jurist who lived in the 11th century?

Answer: Al-Ghazali