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Key terms and people
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ghazis | warriors for the lslamic faith |
| Ottomans | ruling dynasty of the ottoman Empire |
| sultan | title for the ruler of the ottoman Empire |
| Janissaries | highly trained soldiers in the elite guard of the Ottoman Empire |
| Mehmed II | Sultan of the ottoman from 1444 to 1446 and again from 1451 to 1481 |
| Suleyman I | |
| shah | name given to a king of the Safavid Empire |
| abbas | 1571-1629 Shah of the Safavid Empire in Persia from 1588 to 1629 |
| Babur | 1483-1530 Founder of the Mughal Empire of India |
| Mughal Empire | |
| Akbar the Great | |
| Sikhism | |
| Shah Jahan | |
| Taj Mahal | |
| Aurangzeb |