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UGC NET December 2018 History
The spiritual successors of Shaikh Bayazid were known by different names in different regions. In this regard, which of the following is not correctly matched?
AIshqiya – Central Asia and Iran
BBistamiya – Turkey
CShattariya – India
DNurbakhshiya – Egypt ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Nurbakhshiya – Egypt — The pair Nurbakhshiya and Egypt is not correctly matched, so the answer is Nurbakhshiya and Egypt.
Explanation
★The pair Nurbakhshiya and Egypt is not correctly matched, so the answer is Nurbakhshiya and Egypt.
★Shaikh Bayazid was a Persian Sufi from north-central Iran, known as Bayazid Bistami.
★His successors were called the Ishqiya in Central Asia and Iran.
★They were called the Bistamiya in Turkey.
★They were called the Shattariya in India.
★The Nurbakhshiya were not the successors of Bayazid in Egypt, so that pairing is wrong.
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