the ottoman empire

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Ottoman Empire

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former Turkish empire that was founded about 1300 by Osman and reached its greatest territorial extent under Suleiman in the 16th century; collapsed after World War I

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Janissaries

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elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan’s household troops and bodyguards

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Sultan

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the sovereign of an Islamic country

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Sultanate

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the office or rule of a sultan

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Harem

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the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women

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Aurangzeb

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1618–1707, Mogul emperor of Hindustan 1658–1707

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Shah

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king; sovereign

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Maratha Kingdom

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Indian power that existed from 1674 to 1818 and ruled over much of the Indian sub-continent. The Marathas are credited to a large extent for ending the Mughal rule in India

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Timur the Lame

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Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia.[3] He was also the first ruler in the Timurid dynasty

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Medmed the Conqueror

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best known as Mehmed the Conqueror (Turkish: Fatih Sultan Mehmet Han), was an Ottoman sultan who ruled first for a short time from August 1444 to September 1446, and later from February 1451 to May 1481

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Emperor Akbar

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Mughal Emperor from 1556 until his death

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Nur Jahar

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

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Delhi

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Also called Old Delhi. a city in and the capital of this territory: former capital of the old Mogul Empire; administrative headquarters of British India 1912–29

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Sufism

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defined as the inner mystical dimension of Islam

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Sikishm

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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 white marble mausoleum built at Agra, India, by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (fl. 1628–58) for his favorite wife

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Safavid

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a member of a dynasty that ruled in Persia from c1500 to 1736

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Ismail

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was Shah of Iran (Persia) (1501)[1][2] and the founder of the Safavid dynasty which survived until 1736

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Sufis

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a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect

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Suleiman

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1495?–1566, sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66

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esmail

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a member of the Ismaʿiliya sect

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Safidon

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city and a municipal committee in Jind district in the Indian state of Haryana

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Kizilbash

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label given to a wide variety of Shi’i militant groups that flourished in Azerbaijan, Anatolia and Kurdistan from the late 13th century onwards, some of which contributed to the foundation of the Safavid dynasty of Iran

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Rajputs

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member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and current eastern Pakistan

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Sikh Faith

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