the 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.

Question 2

jarisarries

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

Question 3

sultan

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a Muslim sovereign.

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sultanate

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the office or rule of a 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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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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a member of a Hindu people inhabiting central and western India.

Question 9

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 II, also known as The Conqueror is one of the famous sultans of Ottoman Empire with his intelligence. Mehmed II ruled the Ottoman for a brief time, from 1444 to 1446, after his father. After that time Sultan Murad II renounced the throne but when he died Mehmed II ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1451 to 1481.

Question 11

emperor akbar

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Akbar. Known as “the Great.” 1542–1605. Mughal emperor of India (1556–1605) who conquered most of northern India and exercised religious tolerance.

Question 12

nur jahan

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Nur Jahan (Persian: نور جهان‎‎; Urdu: نور جهاں‎; Pashto: نور جہاں‎) (alternative spelling: Noor Jahan, Nur Jehan) (31 May 1577 – 17 December 1645) born Mehr-un-Nissa, was the twentieth but most beloved, and therefore most important consort of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir.

Question 13

delhi

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Also called Old Delhi. a city in and the capital of this territory: former capital of the old Mogul Empire; administrative headquarters of British India 1912–29.

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sufism

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the ascetic and mystical system of the Sufis.

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sikiishm

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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 white marble mausoleum built at Agra, India, by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (fl. 1628–58) for his favorite wife.

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safavid

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a white marble mausoleum built at Agra, India, by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (fl. 1628–58) for his favorite wife.

Question 18

ismail abbas

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Ali Abbas (born 1991) is an Iraqi man who drew a lot of media attention after being severely injured in a night-time aerial missile attack near Baghdad during the United States’ 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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sufis

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a Muslim ascetic and mystic.

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suleyman

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proper noun. (c.1494–1566), sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66; also known as Suleiman the Magnificent or Suleiman the Lawgiver. The Ottoman Empire reached its fullest extent under his rule.

Question 21

esmail

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Etymology and meaning. 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. Ismail’s mother, Hagar was also a wife of the prophet Abraham.

Question 22

safidon

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