Ghazwa-e-hind

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    Alleged attempts by Islamist groups to conquer the Republic of India. South-Asia

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]”).

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