vocabulary

Question 1

Ottoman Empire

Answer 1

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

Harem

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Aurangzeb

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Shah

Answer 4

a title of the former monarch of Iran.

Question 5

Maratha Kingdom

Answer 5

an Indian power that existed from 1674 to 1818 and ruled over much of the Indian sub-continent.

Question 6

Janisarries

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Sultan

Answer 7

a Muslim sovereign.

Question 8

Sultanate

Answer 8

a state or country that is ruled by a sultan.

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

Mehmed the conqueror

Answer 10

one of the famous sultans of Ottoman Empire with his intelligence

Question 11

Emperor Akbar

Answer 11

Mughal emperor of India (1556–1605) 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

a union territory in N India.

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 Mahal

Answer 16

a white marble mausoleum built at Agra, India, by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan

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

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.

Question 19

Sufis

Answer 19

a Muslim ascetic and mystic.

Question 20

Suleyman

Answer 20

sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Question 21

Esmail

Answer 21

is an Arabic given name. 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

the basic Sikh belief is represented in the phrase Ik Onkar meaning “