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chapter 17
Term | Definition |
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ghazis | nomadic, militaristic "warriors of the Islam faith" |
ottomans | Western name for Osman 1 and his descendants. it was built by Muslim Turks |
sultan | the Arabic term for "ruler" |
janissaries | enslaved Christian boys who were converted to Islam and trained as elite soldiers, loyal only to the sultan |
mehmed ll | sultan at the time of the Ottoman Empire's spectacular phase of expansion, conquered Constantinople and made it his capital |
suleyman l | his rule brought the Ottoman Empire to its height. they called him "Sulleyman the Law Giver" |
shah | "king" in Persian, leader of the Safavid Empire |
abbas | Abbas is Medieval Latin for "abbot", and is an element in a number of place names in England. Abbas is a common Islamic name, and is an element in a number of place names in the Islamic Republic of Iran. |
babur | defeated the rulers of Delhi and established the Mughal Empire |
mughal empire | India's first Muslim empire, known for its wealth and power. found in 1526 |
akbar the great | Babur's grandson, greatest of all Mughal rulers |
sikhism | founded in the late 1400's, blending elements of Islam and Hinduism |
shah jahan | Mughal ruler during empire's cultural golden age |
taj mahal | a white marble mausoleum in central India, in Agra on the Jumna River: built (1632–43) by the emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal; |
aurangzeb | Shah Jahan's son; known for expanding the empire and imposing his strict Sunni Muslim views on society |