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Ottoman Empire
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Islamic state founded by Osman in northwestern Anatolia. After the fall of the Byzantine Empire, it was based at Istanbul.
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Suleiman the Magnificent
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Most illustrious sultan of the Ottoman Empire; also known as Suleiman Kanunu, “The Lawgiver.” Significantly expanded the the empire in Balkans and eastern Mediterranean.
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Janissary
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Infantry, originally of slave origin, armed with firearms and constituting the elite of the Ottoman army from the 15th century.
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Devshirme
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“Selection” in Turkish. The system in which boys from Christian communities are taken by the Ottoman state to serve as Janissaries.
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Tulip Period
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Last years of the reign of Ottoman sultan Ahmed III, during which Euro styles and attitudes became briefly popular in Istanbul.
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Safavid Empire
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Iranian Empire est. by Ismail Safavi, who declared Iran a Shi’ite state.
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Shi’ite Empire
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Muslims belonging to the branch of Islam believing that God vests leadership of the community in a descendant of Muhammad’s son-in-law Ali.
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Hidden Imam
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Last in a series of 12 descendents of Muhammad’s son-in-law Ali, whom Shi’ites considered divinely appointed leaders of the Muslim community. Expect to return as a messiah at the end of time.
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Shah Abbas I
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Most illustrious ruler of the Safavid Empire; Moved the imperial capital to Isfahan in 1598, and erectd palaces, mosques, and public buildings.
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Mughal Empire
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Muslim state (1526-1857) exercising dominion over most of India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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Akbar
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Most illustrious sultan of the Mughal Empire in India (r.1556-1605). He expanded the empire and pursued a policy of conciliation with the Hindus.
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Mansabs
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In India, grants of land given in return for service by rulers of the Mughal Empire.
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Rajputs
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Members of a mainly Hindu warrior caste from NW. India. The Mughal emperors drew most of their Hindu officials from this caste, and Akbar I married a Rajput princess.
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Sikhism
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Indian religion founded by the guru Nanak (1469-1539) in the Punjab region of NW. India. After the Mughal emperor ordered the beheading of the ninth guru in 1675, Sikh warriors mounted armed resistance to Mughal rule.
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Acheh Sultante
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Muslim Kingdom in N. Sumatra. Main center of Islamic expansion in SE. Asia in the early seventeenth century, it declined after the Dutch seized Malacca from Portugal in 1641.
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Oman
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Arab state based in Musqat the main port in the SW region of the Arabian peninsula. Oman succeeded Portugal as a power in the western Indian Ocean in the eighteenth century.
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Swahili
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Bantu language with Arabic loanwords spoken in coastal regions of E. Africa.
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Batavia
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Fort established ca. 1619 as headquarters of Dutch East Company operations in Indonesia; today the city if Jakarta.
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