Ch. 15: Muslim Empire
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 zamindar | a local official in Mogul India who received a plot of farmland for temporary use in return for collecting taxes for the central government |
| suttee | the Hindu custom of cremating a widow on her husband's funeral pyre |
| Babur | founder of Mogul dynasty; captured Delhi and established his power in North India; father descended from Temur Lenk and mother from Genghis Khan |
| Akbar | by 1605, had brought Mogul rule to most of India; greatest of conquering Mogul monarchs and known for his humane character |
| Shah Jahan | Mogul ruler who reigned from 1628 to 1658; rule marred by failure to deal with growing domestic problems |
| Aurangzeb | succeeded Shah Jahan; one of the most controversial rulers in India's history; attempted to eliminate what he considered India's social evils |
| Sir Robert Clive | British empire builder; chief representative in India of the East India Company; fought any force that threatened the Eat India Company's power |
| Taj Mahal | built in Agra by Shah Jahan in the mid-17th century in the memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal; most beautiful building in India, or even the world |
| shah | "king" used in Persia and Iran, also used as the title of Safavid rulers |
| orthodoxy | traditional beliefs, especially in religion |
| anarchy | political disorder; lawlessness |
| Safavids | controlled area extending from Persia into central Asia at the beginning of the 16th century; Shiites; founded by Shah Ismail |
| Shah Ismail | founded Safavid dynasty; seized much of Iran and Iraq in 1501; sent Shiite preachers to convert Turkish tribes in the Ottoman Empire |
| Shah Abbas | built Isfahan; Safavids reach the high point of the dynasty during his reign; ruled from 1588 to 1629 |
| Isfahan | capital of Safavid dynasty; a treasured city in Iran; built by Shah Abbas |
| Riza-i-Abbasi | most famous artist during the Safavid Era; did Persian painting |
| janissary | a solider in the elite guard of the Ottoman Turks recruited from the Christian population in the Balkans |
| pasha | an appointed official in the Ottoman Empire who collected taxes, maintained law and order, and was directly responsible to the sultan's court |
| gunpowder empire | an empire formed by outside conquerors who unified the regions that they conquered through their mastery of firearms |
| sultan | "holder of power"; the military and political head of state under the Seljuk Turks and the Ottomans |
| harem | "sacred place"; the private domain of an Ottoman sultan, where he and his wives resided |
| grand vizier | Ottoman sultan's chief minister, who led the meetings of the imperial council |
| ulema | group of religious advisers to the Ottoman sultan; this group administered the legal system and schools for educating Muslims |
| Osman | led new group of Turks in the late 13th century; began Ottoman dynasty |
| Mehmet II | Ottoman sultan who conquered Constantinople in 1453 |
| Sultan Selim I | took control of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Arabia from 1514 to 1517; declared himself the new caliph, defender of the faith, and successor to Muhammad |
| Süleyman I | Ottoman Empire reached its high point under his reign; more than doubled territory, encouraged the growth of architecture and fine arts, and played a key role in European politics of the day |
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