vocabulary Flashcards
Ottoman Empire
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
Harem
the separate part of a Muslim household reserved for wives, concubines, and female servants.
Aurangzeb
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
an Indian power that existed from 1674 to 1818 and ruled over much of the Indian sub-continent.
Janisarries
a member of the Turkish infantry forming the Sultan’s guard between the 14th and 19th centuries.
Sultan
a Muslim sovereign.
Sultanate
a state or country that is ruled by a sultan.
Timur the lame
a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia.
Mehmed the conqueror
one of the famous sultans of Ottoman Empire with his intelligence
Emperor Akbar
Mughal emperor of India (1556–1605) who conquered most of northern India and exercised religious tolerance.
Nur Jahan
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.
Taj Mahal
a white marble mausoleum built at Agra, India, by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan
safavid
a member of a dynasty that ruled Persia 1502–1736 and installed Shia rather than Sunni Islam as the state religion.
Ismail Abbas
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.
Sufis
a Muslim ascetic and mystic.
Suleyman
sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Esmail
is an Arabic given name. It corresponds to the English name Ishmael.
Safidon
a city and a municipal committee in Jind district in the Indian state of Haryana.
Kizilbash
a Persianized Turk of a class devoted to business and professional pursuits in Afghanistan;
Rajputs
a member of a Hindu military caste claiming Kshatriya descent.
