The Ottoman Empire

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Ottoman Empire

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the Turkish empire, established in northern Anatolia by Osman I at the end of the 13th century and expanded by his successors to include all of Asia Minor and much of southeastern Europe.

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Jarisarries

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

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Sultan

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a Muslim sovereign

the sultan of Turkey.

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Sultanate

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noun of sultan

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Harem

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(in former times) the separate part of a Muslim household reserved for wives, concubines, and female servants.

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Aurangzeb

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(1618–1707), Mogul emperor of Hindustan 1658–1707, who increased the Mogul empire to its greatest extent.

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Shah

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a title of the former monarch of Iran.

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Maratha Kingdom

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

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Timur the Lame

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Timur, historically known as Tamerlane (Persian: تيمور لنگ‎‎ Timūr(-e) Lang, “Timur the Lame”), was a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia.

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Mehmet the Conquero

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was a Turkish sultan who conquered Constantinople and ruthlessly consolidated and enlarged the Ottoman Empire with a military crusade into Asia and Europe.

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Emperor Akbar

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was Mughal Emperor from 1556 until his death.

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Nur Jahan

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was the twentieth but most beloved, and therefore most important consort of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir.

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Delhi

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a walled city on the River Jumna in north central India, which was made the capital of the Mogul empire in 1638 by Shah Jahan (1592–1666). See also New Delhi.

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Sufism

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Sufism or Tasawwuf, is defined as the inner mystical dimension of Islam.

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Sikishm

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is a monotheistic religion that originated in the Punjab region of South Asia (subcontinental India) during the 15th century.

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Taj Mahal

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a mausoleum at Agra, India, built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (1592–1666) in memory of his favorite wife, completed c. 1649.

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Safavid

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a member of a dynasty that ruled Persia 1502–1736 and installed Shia rather than Sunni Islam as the state religion.

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Ismail Abbas

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For the Iraqi footballer in the A-League, see Ali Abbas Al-Hilfi.

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Surfis

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often belong to different ṭuruq or “orders”—congregations formed around a grand master referred to as a mawla who traces a direct chain of teachers back to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.

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Suleyman

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Suleiman I (Ottoman Turkish: سلطان سليمان اول‎; Modern Turkish: I. Süleyman, Kanunî Sultan Süleyman or Muhteşem Süleyman;[3] 6 November 1494 – 6 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and “Kanuni” (the Lawgiver) in his realm, was the tenth and longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to his death in 1566.

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Esmail

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1486–1524, shah of Persia (1502–24), founder of the Safavid dynasty.

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Safidon

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Jind (Hindi: जींद), (Punjabi: ਜੀਂਦ) is a city in Jind District in the Indian state of Haryana. It is the heart of Haryana. It is one of the oldest districts of Haryana.

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Kizilbash

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Qizilbash or Kizilbash (sometimes also Qezelbash or Qazilbash) is the label given to a wide variety of Shi’i militant groups that flourished in Azerbaijan, and Anatolia from the late 15th century onwards, some of which contributed to the foundation of the Safavid dynasty of Iran.

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Rajputs

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Rajput is a member of the patrilineal clans of the Indian subcontinent.

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Sikh Faith

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A Sikh (/siːk, sɪk/; Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ sikkh [sɪkkʰ]) is a follower of Sikhism, a monotheistic religion which originated during the 15th century in the Punjab region of northern South Asia.