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Ottoman Empire
Islamic state founded by Osman in northwestern Anatolia. After the fall of the Byzantine Empire, it was based at Istanbul.
Suleiman the Magnificent
Most illustrious sultan of the Ottoman Empire; also known as Suleiman Kanunu, “The Lawgiver.” Significantly expanded the the empire in Balkans and eastern Mediterranean.
Janissary
Infantry, originally of slave origin, armed with firearms and constituting the elite of the Ottoman army from the 15th century.
Devshirme
“Selection” in Turkish. The system in which boys from Christian communities are taken by the Ottoman state to serve as Janissaries.
Tulip Period
Last years of the reign of Ottoman sultan Ahmed III, during which Euro styles and attitudes became briefly popular in Istanbul.
Safavid Empire
Iranian Empire est. by Ismail Safavi, who declared Iran a Shi’ite state.
Shi’ite Empire
Muslims belonging to the branch of Islam believing that God vests leadership of the community in a descendant of Muhammad’s son-in-law Ali.
Hidden Imam
Last in a series of 12 descendents of Muhammad’s son-in-law Ali, whom Shi’ites considered divinely appointed leaders of the Muslim community. Expect to return as a messiah at the end of time.
Shah Abbas I
Most illustrious ruler of the Safavid Empire; Moved the imperial capital to Isfahan in 1598, and erectd palaces, mosques, and public buildings.
Mughal Empire
Muslim state (1526-1857) exercising dominion over most of India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Akbar
Most illustrious sultan of the Mughal Empire in India (r.1556-1605). He expanded the empire and pursued a policy of conciliation with the Hindus.
Mansabs
In India, grants of land given in return for service by rulers of the Mughal Empire.
Rajputs
Members of a mainly Hindu warrior caste from NW. India. The Mughal emperors drew most of their Hindu officials from this caste, and Akbar I married a Rajput princess.
Sikhism
Indian religion founded by the guru Nanak (1469-1539) in the Punjab region of NW. India. After the Mughal emperor ordered the beheading of the ninth guru in 1675, Sikh warriors mounted armed resistance to Mughal rule.
Acheh Sultante
Muslim Kingdom in N. Sumatra. Main center of Islamic expansion in SE. Asia in the early seventeenth century, it declined after the Dutch seized Malacca from Portugal in 1641.
Oman
Arab state based in Musqat the main port in the SW region of the Arabian peninsula. Oman succeeded Portugal as a power in the western Indian Ocean in the eighteenth century.
Swahili
Bantu language with Arabic loanwords spoken in coastal regions of E. Africa.
Batavia
Fort established ca. 1619 as headquarters of Dutch East Company operations in Indonesia; today the city if Jakarta.