Vocab. Flashcards
Ottoman Empire
known as the Turkish Empire, Ottoman Turkey, was an empire founded at the end of the thirteenth century in northwestern Anatolia
Janisarries
were elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan’s household troops and bodyguards.
Sultan
a Muslim sovereign.
Sultanate
a state or country that is ruled by a sultan
Harem
the separate part of a Muslim household reserved for wives, concubines, and female servants.
Aurangzeb
was a bigoted Muhammadan, and his accession to the throne threatened to have serious consequences for Mullah Shah.
Shah
A title of the former monarch of Iran.
Maratha Kingdom
a member of a Hindu people inhabiting central and western India.
Timur the Lame
was a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia.
Mehmet 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.
Emperor Akbar
was the third Mughal Emperor. He was born in Umerkot, India.
Nur jahan
born Mehr-un-Nissa, was the twentieth but most beloved, and therefore most important consort of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir.
Delhi
a union territory in N India.
Sufism
the mystical system of the Sufis.
Sikishm
a monotheistic religion founded in Punjab in the 15th century by Guru Nanak.
Safidon
Safidon is a city and a municipal committee in Jind district in the Indian state of Haryana
Kizilbash
Persianized Turk of a class devoted to business and professional pursuits in Afghanistan;
Rajputs
a member of a Hindu military caste claiming Kshatriya descent.
Sikh Faith
is a monotheistic religion, and the basic Sikh belief is represented in the phrase Ik Onkar meaning “One God.
Taj Mahal
an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra.
Safavid
member of a dynasty that ruled Persia 1502–1736 and installed Shia rather than Sunni Islam as the state religion.
Ismail abbas
s 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.
Sufis
a Muslim ascetic and mystic.
Suleyman
sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66; also known as Suleiman the Magnificent or Suleiman the Lawgiver.
Esmail
is an Arabic given name. It corresponds to the English name Ishmael.
