History · Emergence of Regional Kingdoms
UGC NET July 2016 History
Mahdawis asserted on the purification of historical Islam from innovation (bida). Which one of the following views of the scholars is not correct?
AMohammad Yasin has characterised the movement as 'a plebeian revolt of the simple-hearted'.
BK.A. Nizami refers to the Mahdawi movement as 'a crisis and a connotation in the lower strata'.
CDerry MacLean argues that the early Mahdawis tended to prefer a low profile and a quietist stance, while the later Mahdawis generally adopted an uncompromising stance. ✓ Correct
DA.S.B. Ansari has compared the Mahdawi 'Cult of the digger' to the 'Ismaili Assassins'.
Correct answer: (C) Derry MacLean argues that the early Mahdawis tended to prefer a low profile and a quietist stance, while the later Mahdawis generally adopted an uncompromising stance. — The view ascribed to Derry MacLean is not correct, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The view ascribed to Derry MacLean is not correct, so that is the answer.
★The book treats this statement about the early and later Mahdawis as the wrong one.
★So this view is held to be incorrect among the four.
★The views ascribed to Mohammad Yasin, K.A. Nizami and A.S.B. Ansari are taken as correct.
★They describe the Mahdawi movement in their own ways.
★So the odd, incorrect statement is the one ascribed to Derry MacLean.
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