Early Muslim Expansion
This empire fell quickly to the Muslims after just two major battles.
What is the Persian Empire?
This was the dominant religion in Persia before Islam.
What is Zoroastrianism?
This Persian scholar founded the Hanafi school of thought.
Who is Abu Hanifa?
This Safavid leader made 12er Shi’ism the state religion in 1501.
Who is Shah Ismail?
This mountain people retained Sunni Islam due to their isolation.
Who are the Lurs or people of Luristan?
After the Prophet’s passing, Muslims expanded in these two directions.
What are East (Persia) and West (Rome)?
The Zoroastrian god and evil spirit were known as these.
Who are Ahura Mazda and Ahriman?
He compiled one of the most authentic hadith collections.
Who is Imam Bukhari?
Shah Ismail’s army first captured this city.
What is Baku?
This ethnic group in southeastern Iran remained Sunni.
Who are the Baloch?
The plague that helped weaken this empire killed 100,000 in the capital.
What is the Persian Empire?
This social group was the first to convert to Islam in Persia.
Who are artisans and industrial workers?
This philosopher and physician influenced both Islamic and Western thought.
Who is Ibn Sina (Avicenna)?
Sunni scholars were given these three options under the Safavids.
What are convert, die, or be exiled?
These two other ethnic groups also retained Sunnism.
Who are the Turkomans and some Kurds?
Name two regions captured from the Romans in early Islamic conquests.
What are Palestine and Egypt?
These temples remained in cities even after Muslim conquest.
What are Zoroastrian fire temples?
The Islamic Golden Age saw the translation of texts from these three languages.
What are Greek, Persian, and Indian?
Name one reason Shah Ismail forced Shi’ism on Persia.
What is to resist Ottoman Sunni influence?
This approximate percentage of Iran is Sunni today.
What is around 5%?
The Muslims defeated these two superpowers of the time.
Who are the Romans and the Persians?
How long did it take for Persia to become a Muslim-majority society?
What is around 300 years?
This city became the capital of the Islamic Golden Age.
What is Baghdad?
This ritual was enforced to insult early Sunni caliphs.
What is the cursing of Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman?
What percentage of Azerbaijan remains Sunni?
What is around 40%?