Muslim World Flashcards
Ottomans
Followers of Osman, a successful ghazi, that were Muslim
Ghazis
Anatolian Turks that were warriors of Islam
Ottoman’s success reasons
Gunpowder caused musket-carrying foot shoulders and cannons.
Sultan
Second Ottoman leader, Orkhan, declared himself overlord
Adrianople
Ottomans captured this city from Byzantine Empire
Non-Muslim tolerance from early Ottomans
Only had to pay taxes
Timur the Lame
Burnt Baghdad in Battle of Ankara
Mehmed II
The conqueror that took Constantinople by moving his ships over the land’s hills, was a warrior but became ruler
Selim the Grim
Defeated Safavids of Persia, took Mecca, Medina, and Cairo
Suleyman the Lawgiver
Leader that brought Ottoman Empire to its height
Devshrime
Sultan’s army drafted boy from Christian territories to become educated soldiers
Janissaries
Disciplined soldiers for Ottoman Empire
Suleyman religion
Religious tolerance to any others
Muslim achievements
Math, astronomy (had to pray toward Mecca), art, medicine
Royal family
They would kill brothers and ablest sons because they felt threatened but locked uneducated heirs in prison