the ottoman empire

Question 1

ottomam 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

The Janissaries were elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan’s household troops and bodyguards. The corps was most likely established during the reign of Murad I.

Question 3

sultan

Answer 3

a Muslim sovereign.
historical
the sultan of Turkey.

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

aurangzed

Answer 6

Abu’l Muzaffar Muhi-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir, commonly known as Aurangzeb or by his regenal title Alamgir, was the sixth, and widely considered the last effective Mughal Emperor. He ruled over most of the Indian subcontinent during some parts of his reign, which lasted for 49 years from 1658 until his death in 1707.

Question 7

shah

Answer 7

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. The Marathas are the Hindu warrior group from the western Deccan Plateau that rose to prominence by establishing a Hindavi Swarajya.

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, best known as Mehmed the Conqueror, 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. At the age of 21, he conquered Constantinople and brought an end to the Eastern Roman Empire.

Question 11

Emperor Akbar

Answer 11

Abu’l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar, popularly known as Akbar I and later Akbar the Great, was Mughal Emperor from 1556 until his death. He was the third and one of the greatest rulers of the Mughal Dynasty in India

Question 12

nur jaha

Answer 12

Nur Jahan
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

Answer 13

Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India. It is bordered by Haryana on three sides and by Uttar Pradesh to the east. It is the most expansive city in India—about 1,484 square kilometres. It has a population of about 25 million, making it the second most populous city after Mumbai and most populous urban agglomeration in India and 3rd largest urban area in the world.

Question 14

Sufism

Answer 14

Sufism or Tasawwuf, is defined as the inner mystical dimension of Islam. Practitioners of Sufism (Tasawwuf), referred to as Sufis, often belong to different ṭuruq or “orders”—congregations formed around a grand master referred to as a Mawla who maintains a direct chain of teachers back to the Prophet Muhammad.

Question 15

sikishm

Answer 15

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

Question 16

taj mahal

Answer 16

The Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

Question 17

safavid

Answer 17

The Safavid dynasty was one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Iran, often considered the beginning of modern Iranian history. The Safavid shahs ruled over one of the so-called gunpowder empires.

Question 18

ismail abbas

Answer 18

During the attack, two American missiles landed on his family’s home, killing his parents (his mother was pregnant with another child at the time), his brother and 13 other members of his family. Both of Ali’s arms had to be amputated and third-degree burns covered at least 35 percent of his body. He was 12 years old at the time. He underwent treatment in Kuwait, and later in London, where he was fitted with robotic prosthetic arms, paid for by the Kuwaiti government.

Question 19

sufis

Answer 19

Sufism or Tasawwuf, according to its adherents, is the inner mystical dimension of Islam. Practitioners of Sufism (Tasawwuf), referred to as Sufis, often belong to different ṭuruq or “orders”—congregations formed around a grand master referred to as a Mawla who maintains a direct chain of teachers back to the Prophet Muhammad.

Question 20

suleyman

Answer 20

Suleiman I, commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and “Kanuni” in his realm, was the tenth and longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to his death in 1566.

Question 21

esmail

Answer 21

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. Muhammad, a descendant of Ismail who was sent the Qur’an by Allah, became the final messenger, and so the name Ismail is often interpreted to mean the fulfillment of a divine promise resulting from prayer being heard.

Question 22

safidom

Answer 22

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

kizilbash

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.