Chapter 13: Islamic Heartlands and India
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Bhakti | Hindu devotional movements |
| Ghazis | warriors who carried Islam by force of arms to pagan groups |
| madrasas | an Islamic college of higher learning |
| orthopraxy | the correct practice of a religion |
| Ramadan | the month each year when Muslims must fast during daylight hours |
| Ghaznavids | Turkish dynasty of Islam. notable for patronage of Persia culture and for their conquests in Northwestern India. |
| Saljuks | 1st Turkish dynasty |
| Reconquista | the Christian reconquest of Spain from the Muslims from 1000 to 1492 |
| Twelvers and Seveners | Division within Shi'its |
| Sufi | a movement within Islam that emphasizes the spiritual and mystical |
| sultan | a Muslim royal title that means "authority" |
| Urdu-Hindi | language that combines Persian-Arabic and native Indian elements. Urdu is the Muslim version. Hindu is the Hindu version. |
| Rajputs | large group of clans bound together by a fierce warrior ethic and strong Hindu cultural and religious traditionalism. |
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