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• Ibn Sina compiled The Canon of Medicine around 1025 AD.
• It is a five-volume medical encyclopedia written in Arabic.
• The book remained a standard medical reference in Europe and the Muslim world for centuries.

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• The Red Sea lies between Africa and Asia.
• Ethiopia is on the African side, while Yemen is directly across the Red Sea on the Asian side.
• Therefore, Yemen is separated from Ethiopia by the Red Sea.

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• Punjab means “Land of Five Rivers” (Punj = Five, Aab = Water).
• The five rivers of Punjab are Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab, and Jhelum.
• All five rivers merge into the Panjnad River before joining the Indus.
• Panjnad is the main river system of southern Punjab.

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• Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703–1762) was a great Islamic scholar and reformer of the Mughal era.
• His real name was Qutubuddin Ahmad Syed.
• He was born on 21 February 1703 in Phulat (India) during the reign of Aurangzeb.
• He translated the Holy Quran into Persian for the first time in the subcontinent.
• He wrote about 51 books on Islam, society, and reforms.

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• Symbol: Hg
• Atomic number: 80
• Melting point: -38.83 °C
• Atomic mass: 200.59 u

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• The Partition of Bengal, implemented in 1905 by Lord Curzon.
• It was formally annulled in 1911. 
• He divided Bengal into two provinces on 16-10-1905.

The province was divided into:

• West Bengal, which had a majority of Hindus,
• East Bengal, which had a majority of Muslims

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• Prophet Muhammad PBUH have at the age of 40.
• He and his wife had six children — two boys (who did not live into adulthood) and four girls.
• By the time he was 40, he began having religious visions that would change his life.
• This is Prophet Muhammad's mosque in Medina.
• At the age of 40 in 11 BH (610 CE), Muhammad is said to have received his first verbal revelation in the cave called Hira, which was the beginning of the descent of the Quran that continued up to the end of his life.

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• Torait (Tawrat) is known as the Old Testament in the Bible.  
• It was revealed to Prophet Musa (Moses A.S.). 
• It contains laws and teachings given to the Israelites.

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• In Islamic inheritance law (Faraid), the share of a wife depends on whether the husband leaves children or not.
• If the husband has children, the wife receives 1/8th of the property.
• If the husband has no children, the wife receives 1/4th of the property.
• This is based on the Quranic injunctions in Surah An-Nisa (4:12).
• Islamic law clearly outlines fixed shares for all heirs.

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