The Ottoman Empire

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Ottoman Empire

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The Ottoman Empire, also known as the Turkish Empire, Ottoman Turkey, was an 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.

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Janisarries

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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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a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia.

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Mehmed 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.

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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.

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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.

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Delhi

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a union territory in N India. 574 sq. mi. (1487 sq. km). 2. 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 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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Safidon, Haryana 126112, India

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Kizilbash

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Kizilbashes. 1 : a Persianized Turk of a class devoted to business and professional pursuits in Afghanistan; also : a member of a community of Turkish or mixed-race colonists in Asia Minor. 2 : 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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a member of a Hindu military caste claiming Kshatriya descent.

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Sikh Faith

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Belief: 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.

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Taj Mahal

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a cap worn in Muslim countries especially : a tall cone-shaped cap worn by dervishes.

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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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Sufis

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Suleynan

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Question 25

Esmail

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