Chapter 24- Rise and Fall of Muslim Empires

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Treaty in which, for the first time, the Ottoman Empire had to cede territory in the Balkans to its Austrian opponents.

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Treaty of Karlowitz

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A corruption of “Mongol”; refers to the period of Muslim rule in India.

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Mughals

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From Turkish yeni cheri, meaning “new troops”, an elite troop in the Ottoman Empire; consisted of Christian boys from the Balkans.

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Janissaries

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Title of the Turkish prime minister during the Ottoman era.

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Grand Vizier

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Muslim “crusaders” or holy warriors that fought against unbelievers.

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Ghazis

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Turkish form of the Arabic word, diwan, a royal council which advises the ruler.

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Divan

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Ottoman system of recruiting young christian boys of the Balkan villages for the Janissary corps.

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Devshirme

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Turkish term for a Sufi.

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Dervish

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The verses attributed to the twelfth-century Persian poet Omar Khayyam.

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Rubaiyat

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The dynasty of Shi’ite Muslims that ruled Persia from the 1500s to the 1700s.

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Safavid Empire

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Highest religious official of the Ottoman Empire.

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Shaykh al-Islam

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Members of a cult founded in the sixteenth century CE who seek a middle way between Islam and Hindu belief; centered in the Punjab region in Northern India.

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Sikhs

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A term that came to be applied to the Chancery and diplomatic corps of the Ottoman bureaucracy.

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Sublime Porte

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Ottoman Sultan, 1520-1566 CE. Greatest of the Ottoman sultans, his long reign was the high-water mark for the Ottoman Empire.

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Suleiman the Magnificent

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The beautiful tomb built by the seventeenth century Mughal emperor Jahan for his wife.

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Taj Mahal