Ottoman Empire Flashcards
ottoman empire
empire founded at the end of the thirteenth century in northwestern Anatolia in the vicinity of Bilecik and Söğüt by the Oghuz Turkish tribal leader Osman
jarisarries
elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan’s household troops and bodyguards. The corps was most likely established during the reign of Murad I.
sultan
noble title with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning “strength”, “authority”, “rulership”, derived from the verbal noun سلطة sulṭah, meaning “authority” or “power”.
sultanate
noun form of sultan
harem
the sphere of women in what is usually a polygynous household and their enclosed quarters which are forbidden to men.
aurangzeb
commonly known as Aurangzeb or by his regenal title Alamgir, was the sixth, and widely considered the last effective Mughal Emperor.
shah
title given to the emperors/kings and lords of Iran a.k.a. Persia.
maratha kingdom
was an Indian power that existed from 1674 to 1818 and ruled over much of the Indian sub-continent.
timur the lame
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. He was also the first ruler in the Timurid dynasty.
mehmet the con quero
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.
emperor
usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor’s wife, mother, or a woman who rules in her own right.
nur jahan
was the twentieth but most beloved, and therefore most important consort of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir.
delhi
city and a union territory of India.
sufism
defined as the inner mystical dimension of Islam.
sikishm
monotheistic religion that originated in the Punjab region of South Asia (subcontinental India) during the 15th century.
taj mahal
ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra.
safavid
one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Iran, often considered the beginning of modern Iranian history.
ismail abbas
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surfis
defined as the inner mystical dimension of Islam
suleyman
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.
esmail
Egyptian-American screenwriter, film and television director, and television producer.
safidon
city and a municipal committee in Jind district in the Indian state of Haryana.
kizilbash
the label given to a wide variety of Shi’i militant groups that flourished in Azerbaijan, Anatolia and Kurdistan from the late 13th century onwards, some of which contributed to the foundation of the Safavid dynasty of Iran.
rajputs
member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and current eastern Pakistan.
