History · Sources of Medieval Indian History
UGC NET September 2013 History
Sijdah theoretically means:
AProstration before the King
BProstration before God ✓ Correct
CProstration before the Diwan
DProstration before the Imam
Correct answer: (B) Prostration before God — Sijdah theoretically means prostration before God, so the answer is prostration before God.
Explanation
★Sijdah theoretically means prostration before God, so the answer is prostration before God.
★In strict Islamic practice this act of bowing is reserved only for God.
★The Sultan Balban, however, introduced sijdah as a court custom.
★He made nobles prostrate before the throne to raise the prestige of kingship.
★He also introduced paibos, the kissing of the monarch's feet.
★These customs were borrowed from Persian ideas of divine kingship.
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