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CSS Islamic History and Culture Past Papers
11 CSS Islamic History and Culture papers from 2016 to 2026, as text, each with its instructions, questions and marks as FPSC printed them.
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About the paper
CSS Islamic History and Culture is an optional paper in Group IV of the CSS written exam, worth 100 marks. The 2026 paper allowed 3 hours. The 11 papers here, 2016 to 2026, set 77 questions between them.
Topics in the syllabus
- Pre-Islamic Near East: An Overview
- The Dawn of Islam: The Prophetic Age (570-632)
- The Pious Caliphate (632-660)
- Political System of Islam under the Prophet (PBUH) and the Pious Caliphate
- Institutional Development of the Muslim Civilization:The Early Phase (622-660)
- The Umayyads in Power (660-749)
- The Abbasids of Baghdad (749-1258)
- Spain under the Muslim Rule
- The Crusades against Islam
- The Ottoman Empire
- Sufism as an Institution of the Muslim Society
- Islam and Modernity in Contemporary World