Ghazwa-e-Hind
English
Alternative forms
- Gajwa-e-Hind (India)
- Gazwa-e-Hind (India)
- Ghazwat ul Hind (India)
Etymology
Partly re-Arabized form of Urdu غزوہ ہند (ġazvā-e hind), from Classical Persian غزوهٔ هند (ġazwa-yi hind), from Arabic غزوة الهند (“battle of Hind [India]”).
Proper noun
- (Islam) A prophecy in some hadiths where an Islamic army invades and conquers the Indian subcontinent, as part of the events leading to the eventual apocalypse.
- (South Asia, politics) Alleged attempts by Islamist groups to conquer the Republic of India.
Coordinate terms
- Dar al-Islam, Nizam-e-Mustafa (“the society of the Prophet Muhammad”)
Translations
a prophesied war against India
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See also
- Akhand Bharat, the Hindutva equivalent