Vocabulary 12-19-16

Question 1

Ottoman Empire

Answer 1

a former Turkish empire that was founded about 1300 by Osman and reached its greatest territorial extent under Suleiman in the 16th century

Question 2

Jarisarries

Answer 2

a member of the Turkish infantry forming the Sultan’s guard between the 14th and 19th centuries

Question 3

Sultan

Answer 3

a Muslim sovereign

Question 4

Sultanate

Answer 4

the position of a sultan or the period of time when a sultan rules

Question 5

Harem

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Aurangzeb

Answer 6

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

Answer 8

Indian power that existed from 1674 to 1818

Question 9

Timur the Lame

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Mehmet the Conquero

Answer 10

The Conqueror is one of the famous sultans of Ottoman Empire with his intelligence

Question 11

Emperor Akbar

Answer 11

who conquered most of northern India and exercised religious tolerance

Question 12

Nur Jahan

Answer 12

the twentieth but most beloved, and therefore most important consort of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir

Question 13

Delhi

Answer 13

former capital of the old Mogul Empire

Question 14

Sufism

Answer 14

the mystical system of the Sufis

Question 15

Sikishm

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Taj Mahai

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Safavid

Answer 17

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

Answer 18

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

Surfis

Answer 19

a Muslim ascetic and mystic

Question 20

Suleyman

Answer 20

The Ottoman Empire reached its fullest extent under his rule

Question 21

Esmail

Answer 21

It corresponds to the English name Ishmael

Question 22

Safidon

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Kizilbash

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Rajputs

Answer 24

a member of a Hindu military caste claiming Kshatriya descent

Question 25

Sikh Faith

Answer 25

a monotheistic religion