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 (ğazwa-yi hind), from Arabic غزوة الهند (“battle of Hind [India]”).

Proper noun

Ghazwa-e-Hind

1. (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.
2. (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

• Arabic: غزوة الهند
• Bengali: গাজওয়াতুল হিন্দ (gajōẇatul hindo)
• Hindi: ग़ज़वा-ए-हिंद (ġazvā-e-hind), गजवा-ए-हिन्द (gajvā-e-hind)
• Urdu: غزہ الہند, غزوہ الہند, غزوہ ہند, حدیث غزوہ ہند

See also

• Akhand Bharat, the Hindutva equivalent