Ottoman Empire

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Ottoman Empire

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a former Turkish empire that was founded about 1300 by Osman and reached its greatest territorial extent under Suleiman in the 16th century; collapsed after World War I. Capital: Constantinople. Expand. Also called Turkish Empire. Examples from the Web for Ottoman Empire Expand.

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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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a state or country that is ruled by a sultan. : the position of a sultan or the period of time when a sultan rules.

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Harem

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the separate part of a Muslim household reserved for wives, concubines, and female servants.

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Aurangzeb

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Aurangzeb was a bigoted Muhammadan, and his accession to the throne threatened to have serious consequences for Mullah Shah. Mystics and Saints of Islam Claud Field. In 1686 the city of Bijapur was taken by Aurangzeb in person, and in the following year Golconda also fell.

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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. The Marathas are credited to a large extent for ending the Mughal rule in India.

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Timur the lame

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Timur (Persian: تیمور‎‎ Timūr, Chagatai: Temür, Uzbek: Temur; 9 April 1336— 18 February 1405), 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 conqueror

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Mehmed Turkish pronunciation: [ˈmeh.met]; 30 March 1432 – 3 May 1481), best known as Mehmed the Conqueror (Turkish: Fatih Sultan Mehmet Han), 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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· bar. (ăk′bär) Known as “the Great.” 1542-1605. Mughal emperor of India (1556-1605) who conquered most of northern India and exercised religious tolerance.

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Nur jaham

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Nur Jahan was one of the most influential women of her day. As favorite wife of the powerful Mughal emperor Jahangir, she found herself uniquely positioned to brilliantly utilize her skills in administration, politics, economics, and culture

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Delhi

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a union territory in N India.

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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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Safidon

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A city in India

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Kizilbash

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the label given to a wide variety of Shi’i militant groups that flourished in Azerbaijan and Anatolia from the late 15th century onwards, some of which contributed to the foundation of the Safavid dynasty of Iran.

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Rajputs

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a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and some parts of Pakistan. They claim to be descendants of ruling Hindu warrior classes of North India. Rajputs rose to prominence during the 6th to 12th centuries.

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Sikh faith

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Sikhism is a monotheistic religion, and the basic Sikh belief is represented in the phrase Ik Onkar meaning “One God.” 2. History: Sikhism was founded in the Punjab region in India in the 15th century by Guru Nanak Dev. Sikhism broke from Hinduism due, in part, to its rejection of the caste system.