UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2015 · Q6(c) · 20 marks
“Sufis and medieval mystic saints failed to modify either the religious ideas and practices or the outward structure of Islamic/Hindu societies to any appreciable extent. Comment for/against.
- Chapter
- The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century-Political
- Topic
- The Sufi Movement
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