The Ottoman Empire

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Ottoman Empire

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was an empire founded at the end of the thirteenth century in northwestern Anatolia in the vicinity of Bilecik

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Jarisarries

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a member of the Turkish

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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

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Harem

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the separate part of a Muslim household reserved for wives

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Aurangzeb

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was a bigoted Muhammadan, and his accession to the threatened to have serious consequences for Mullah Shah

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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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an indian power that existed from 1674-1818

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Timur the Lame

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was a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire

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Emperor Akbar

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know as the great 1542-1605 Mughal emperor

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Nur Jahan

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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 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

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Taj Mahal

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an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river

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safavid

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a member of a dynasty that ruled Persia 1502-1736

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Ismail Abbas

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is an iraqi man who drew a lot of media attention after being severely injured

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Sufis

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a muslim ascetic and mystic

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Esmail

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is an arabic given name

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suleyman

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was the tenth and longest-reigning sultan of the ottoman empire from 1520