Ottoman Empire

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ottoman empire

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the Turkish empire, established in northern Anatolia by Osman I at the end of the 13th century and expanded by his successors to include all of Asia Minor and much of southeastern Europe.

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jarisarries

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a member of the Turkish infantry forming the Sultan’s guard between the 14th and 19th centuries.

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sultan

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a Muslim sovereign.

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sultanate

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noun form of sultan

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harem

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(in former times) the separate part of a Muslim household reserved for wives, concubines, and female servants.

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aurangzeb

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(1618–1707), Mogul emperor of Hindustan 1658–1707, who increased the Mogul empire to its greatest extent.

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shah

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a title of the former monarch of Iran.

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maratha kingdom

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The Maratha Empire or the Maratha Confederacy was an Indian power that existed from 1674 to 1818 and ruled over much of the Indian sub-continent.

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timur the lame

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Timur, historically known as Tamerlane (Persian: تيمور لنگ‎‎ Timūr(-e) Lang, “Timur the Lame”), was a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia.

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mehmet the conquero

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best known as Mehmed the Conqueror, was an Ottoman sultan who ruled first for a short time from August 1444 to September 1446, and later from February 1451 to May 1481.

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emperor akbar

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Akbar, known as Akbar the Great, was Mughal Emperor from 1556 until his death.

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nur jahan

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Nur Jahan born Mehr-un-Nissa, was the twentieth but most beloved, and therefore most important consort of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir.

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delhi

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a walled city on the River Jumna in north central India, which was made the capital of the Mogul empire in 1638 by Shah Jahan (1592–1666).

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sufism

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the mystical system of the Sufis.

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sikishm

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a monotheistic religion founded in Punjab in the 15th century by Guru Nanak.

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taj mahal

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a mausoleum at Agra, India, built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (1592–1666) in memory of his favorite wife, completed c. 1649.

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safavid

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a member of a dynasty that ruled Persia 1502–1736 and installed Shia rather than Sunni Islam as the state religion.

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ismail abbas

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Shāh Abbās the Great or Shāh Abbās I of Persia was the 5th Safavid Shah (king) of Iran, and is generally considered the strongest ruler of the Safavid dynasty.

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sufis

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a Muslim ascetic and mystic.

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suleyman

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Suleiman I, commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and “Kanuni” in his realm, was the tenth and longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to his death in 1566.

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esmail

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The literal translation of the name Ismail is heard by Allah or God has heard and it refers to the yearning of Ibrahim and his wife, Sarah, to have a child.

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safidon

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Safidon is a city and a municipal committee in Jind district in the Indian state of Haryana.

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kizilbash

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a community of Kurdish Turks in eastern Turkey who are Christians and whose women refuse to veil their faces

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rajputs

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Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of the Indian subcontinent.

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sikh faith

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The correct word for the Sikh faith used by Sikhs themselves is Sikhi meaning the disciples practice of learning and following their Guru’s instruction.