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Religious Reform Movements — Revision Notes
ICSE · Class 7 · History & Civics
Religious Reform Movements revision notes for ICSE Class 7 History & Civics: 4 topics in quick points. Part of the ICSE Class 7 History & Civics syllabus.
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1. Background and Meaning
- The advent of Islam in India brought many changes in society.
- During the medieval period, a composite culture developed in India.
- Sufism and the Bhakti movement were important parts of this change.
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2. The Sufi Movement
- The word Sufi comes from the Arabic word Suf, meaning wool.
- Sufis were Muslim ascetics and mystics.
- They believed in love and devotion as the way to come closer to God.
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3. Important Sufi Saints
- Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti came to India around 1192 and founded the Chishti order in India.
- Bakhtiyar Kaki was a disciple of Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti.
- Farid-ud-Din Ganj-i-Shakar was the disciple of Bakhtiyar Kaki.
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4. Main Ideas of Sufism
- Sufism was a reform movement within Islam.
- Its aim was to preserve and spread universal brotherhood and an egalitarian society.
- Sufis expressed devotion to God through music and poetry.
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Sufism was a reform movement withinSufis were organised into 12 ordersKhwaja Muinuddin Chishti established the ChishtiShaikh Shihabuddin Suharwardi and HamidBhakti means devotion to God
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