the ottoman empire

Question 1

ottoman empire

Answer 1

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.

Question 2

jarisarries

Answer 2

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

Question 3

sultan

Answer 3

a Muslim sovereign.

Question 4

sultanate

Answer 4

noun form of sultan

Question 5

harem

Answer 5

Harem refers to the sphere of women in what is usually a polygynous household and their enclosed quarters which are forbidden to men. The term originated in the Near East. Harems are composed of wives and concubines. The South Asian equivalent, for those that practise purdah, is known as zenana.

Question 6

aurangzeb

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(1618–1707), Mogul emperor of Hindustan 1658–1707, who increased the Mogul empire to its greatest extent.

Question 7

shah

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Shah (Šâh) is a title given to the emperors/kings and lords of Iran a.k.a. Persia. It was also adopted by the kings of Shirvan (a historical Iranian region in Transcaucasia) namely the Shirvanshahs, the rulers and offspring of the Ottoman Empire (termed there as Şeh), as well as in Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

Question 8

Maratha kingdom

Answer 8

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.

Question 9

Timur the Lame

Answer 9

Timur, 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. He was also the first ruler in the Timurid dynasty.

Question 10

Mehmet the conqueror

Answer 10

Mehmed II, the Conqueror (ca. 1432-1481) was a Turkish sultan who conquered Constantinople and ruthlessly consolidated and enlarged the Ottoman Empire with a military crusade into Asia and Europe.

Question 11

emperor akbar

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Akbar, known as Akbar the Great, was Mughal Emperor from 1556 until his death. He was the third and greatest ruler of the Mughal Dynasty in India. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in India.

Question 12

nur jahan

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Nur Jahan 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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a walled city on the River Jumna in north central India, which was made the capital of the Mogul empire in 1638 by Shah Jahan (1592–1666). See also New Delhi.

Question 14

sufism

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the mystical system of the Sufis.

Question 15

sikishm

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an adherent of Sikhism.

Question 16

Taj Mahal

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a mausoleum at Agra, India, built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (1592–1666) in memory of his favorite wife, completed c. 1649. Set in formal gardens, the domed building in white marble is reflected in a pool flanked by cypresses.

Question 17

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.

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.

Question 19

sufis

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a Muslim ascetic and mystic.

Question 20

suleyman

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(“the Magnificent”) 1495?–1566, sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66.

Question 21

smail

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mail sent through a postal service, as distinct from the faster electronic mail

Question 22

safidon

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Safidon is a city and a municipal committee in Jind district in the Indian state of Haryana. Safidon is located at 29° 25’ 0” North, 76° 40’ 0” East. It has an average elevation of 221 m. Safidon is the center of Panipat and Jind. The town is the headquarters of the tehsil of the same name.

Question 23

kisilbash

Answer 23

Qizilbash or Kizilbash (sometimes also Qezelbash or Qazilbash) is 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.

Question 24

rajputs

Answer 24

Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and current eastern Pakistan. They seem to have risen to prominence from the late 6th century CE and governed the majority of princely states in Rajasthan and Surashtra during the period of the British Raj.

Question 25

sikh faith

Answer 25

Sikhism, or Sikhi, is a monotheistic religion that originated in the Punjab region of South Asia (subcontinental India) during the 15th century.