| 1 |
In Al-Zahra the caliph surrounded himself with a bodyguard of ________ which numbered 3750 |
- A. slaves
- B. women
- C. masons
- D. labourers
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| 2 |
And he left a statement, we are told, which said that he had known only ________ days of happiness |
- A. fifty
- B. fourteen
- C. forty
- D. four
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| 3 |
Cordova yielded in magnificence only to _________ and Contantionople |
- A. London
- B. Paris
- C. Berlin
- D. Baghdad
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| 4 |
Among the very few who ______ was a youth of twenty Abd-ul-Rehman |
- A. Was killed
- B. Was banished
- C. Escaped
- D. Was imprisoned
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| 5 |
The capital boasted some __________ thousand weavers and flourishing leather industry |
- A. five
- B. thirteen
- C. one
- D. hundren
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| 6 |
Al-Hakam, Abd-al-Rahman's successor, was himself a ___________ and patronized learning |
- A. warrior
- B. builder
- C. painter
- D. scholar
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| 7 |
He was a grandson of the ______ caliph of Damascus |
- A. Fifth
- B. Seventh
- C. Ninth
- D. Tenth
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| 8 |
With his realm <u>consolidate,</u>Ubdul Rehman turned to the arts of peace. |
- A. Controlled
- B. Strengthened
- C. Established
- D. Made more flexible.
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| 9 |
In more than one sense he initiated the................... movement. |
- A. Instruction
- B. Intellectual
- C. Structural
- D. Fluctual
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| 10 |
Nevers before was Cordova so prosperous, Andalusia so rich and the state so. |
- A. Weak
- B. Fourteen
- C. Four
- D. Forty
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