UPSC CSE Prelims
Question 44
With reference to Indian history, who of the following were known as "Kulah-Daran" ?
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Correct answer: D
Correct Option: D (Sayyids)
Explanation: Kulah-daran (“cap wearers”) was a description applied to Sayyids, identifiable by their distinctive headgear in medieval Indian accounts.
Option-wise Analysis:
A. Incorrect-Arab merchants were a commercial community, not the specifically styled kulah-daran here.
B. Incorrect-Qalandars were itinerant Sufi mystics, not the group identified by this term.
C. Incorrect-Persian calligraphists were skilled scribes, not the collective meant by kulah-daran.
D. Correct-the label was used for Sayyids (claimants of descent from the Prophet).