Fig. 1 is not provided. Instead, a historian's field notebook records that visitors to the shrine of Data Ganj Bakhsh in Lahore included artisans, farmers a...
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Fig. 1 is not provided. Instead, a historian's field notebook records that visitors to the shrine of Data Ganj Bakhsh in Lahore included artisans, farmers and travellers from different communities. The notebook describes food being shared and religious teaching offered in simple local language. The historian is investigating why Sufi saints became important to the Muslim movement in Pakistan and northern India.
(a) Identify the city associated with Data Ganj Bakhsh. [1]
(b) Explain two reasons why Sufi teaching appealed to many people in the subcontinent. [2]
(c) Analyse one way Sufi shrines helped Islam become established in local society. [2]
Answer Details
(a) Lahore [1] (b) Any two: teachings were presented simply [1]; saints showed kindness, charity or humility [1]; Sufis used local languages [1]; people could approach them more easily than court scholars [1] (c) Shrines became centres for worship, teaching and charity [1]; repeated visits linked local communities with Muslim beliefs and practices [1]
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