Vocab.

Question 1

Ottoman Empire

Answer 1

known as the Turkish Empire, Ottoman Turkey, was an empire founded at the end of the thirteenth century in northwestern Anatolia

Question 2

Janisarries

Answer 2

were elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan’s household troops and bodyguards.

Question 3

Sultan

Answer 3

a Muslim sovereign.

Question 4

Sultanate

Answer 4

a state or country that is ruled by a sultan

Question 5

Harem

Answer 5

the separate part of a Muslim household reserved for wives, concubines, and female servants.

Question 6

Aurangzeb

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Shah

Answer 7

A title of the former monarch of Iran.

Question 8

Maratha Kingdom

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a member of a Hindu people inhabiting central and western India.

Question 9

Timur the Lame

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

Question 10

Mehmet the conqueror

Answer 10

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.

Question 11

Emperor Akbar

Answer 11

was the third Mughal Emperor. He was born in Umerkot, India.

Question 12

Nur jahan

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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

a union territory in N India.

Question 14

Sufism

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the mystical system of the Sufis.

Question 15

Sikishm

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a monotheistic religion founded in Punjab in the 15th century by Guru Nanak.

Question 16

Safidon

Answer 16

Safidon is a city and a municipal committee in Jind district in the Indian state of Haryana

Question 17

Kizilbash

Answer 17

Persianized Turk of a class devoted to business and professional pursuits in Afghanistan;

Question 18

Rajputs

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a member of a Hindu military caste claiming Kshatriya descent.

Question 19

Sikh Faith

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is a monotheistic religion, and the basic Sikh belief is represented in the phrase Ik Onkar meaning “One God.

Question 20

Taj Mahal

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an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra.

Question 21

Safavid

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member of a dynasty that ruled Persia 1502–1736 and installed Shia rather than Sunni Islam as the state religion.

Question 22

Ismail abbas

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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.

Question 23

Sufis

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a Muslim ascetic and mystic.

Question 24

Suleyman

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sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66; also known as Suleiman the Magnificent or Suleiman the Lawgiver.

Question 25

Esmail

Answer 25

is an Arabic given name. It corresponds to the English name Ishmael.